Accountability

• three trend analysis on enrollment change from gr. 6 to gr. 7 and gr. 8 to 9
• questions around innovation schools
• Race to the Top: Mullaney explicitly requested a vote on Race to the Top funds

"I am not a fan of the US Department of Education. If it closed tomorrow, I wouldn't be upset. I don't like the direction that the country is going vis-a-vis education. I don't like accepting money with all these strings attached."