It's All About the Numbers: TN's Race to the Top

Published: July 2, 2010, 4 a.m.

Tennessee and Delaware were the only two states to win the bid for federal Race to the Top dollars. Tennessee received $502 million, twice the amount recommended for states its size. Tennessee education officials hope to use that money for what they've dubbed their First to the Top initiative. The goal is to move Tennessee from 41st in the nation in student achievement to number one. They have four years to do it in, and as Angela Hatton reports, they're starting with the data.