It was recently announced that Colorado was the only western state to "win" in the government's Race to the Top competition. I'll be honest here and admit that I don't really know what the qualifications were for RTTT. I don't know what the money is supposed to be used for and I don't know how much money Colorado may or may not get. I do know that Colorado's Department of Education had a committee working on our state's application to RTTT for quite a while.
So I don't know a lot about RTTT. However, as a military veteran, I DO know a lot about honor. When I think about who I am as a person, I think three words: excellence, integrity and honor.
I believe that the Colorado RTTT committee worked hard to get this money for Colorado. But this is a win without honor. This is a win that represents children losing. A lot of children losing. Dishonorable and unacceptable. Winning in such a contest, such a competition, where innocents go without is a win without honor.
I can't change the rules of RTTT, I can't change what the money will be used for and I can't change how the winners and losers are judged.
In the United States of America, for our national leaders to say that the children of 35 states lose, while the children in 15 win is a cowardly and dishonorable act.
How dare we.
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