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1. Ousted education chief Schundler blames Christie and Bagger for Race to the Top missteps that led to his firing
(N.J./State)

... fired Schundler, a key member of his cabinet on Friday, charging he had lied to him about his role in a mistake that cost the administration a chance at $400 million in federal Race to the Top education ...

2. Brett Schundler releases information related to Race to the Top debacle
(N.J./State)

... $750 million to $75 million each. Schundler conceded after the firing that he made the application mistake that cost the administration the aid. But earlier last week, Christie stated Schundler had told ...

3. Steve Adubato: No time for blame game while N.J. public school children continue to suffer
(Opinion/Commentary)

... didn't pick up this very expensive mistake. Simply put, this is one of the most expensive, bureaucratic goof ups you will ever see. It's painful to think of New Jersey's "Race to the Top" application ...

4. N.J. Senate leaders want Christie to apologize to Obama
(N.J./State)

Feel Governor made mistake by blaming Race to the Top debacle on President Former New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler has confessed he made the application mistake that cost the Christie ...

5. Jim Florio comments on Chris Christie firing of Brett Schundler
(N.J./State)

... about the economy, stimulus spending and the New Jersey education commissioner's firing over the $400 million "Race to the Top" mistake. Excerpts below: On Commissioner Bret Schundler's firing over ...

6. ‘Centurion’ is more than hard-edged action: Movie review (with trailer)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... makes his Romans the good guys, as ill-conceived as that may be. Based on what's happening on the ground, they are more like the brave but ignorant thugs. Mistakes are made. Disasters follow. Collateral ...

7. New Jersey teachers' union calls Bret Schundler a scapegoat
(N.J./State)

... fell just short of finishing in the money in its attempt to collect federal Race to the Top aid. A mistake on the application caused the state to come out a loser in the competition. As Christie hoped ...

8. Enough Already!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... about the kids and more about political gain. Mistake aside, Christie should be commended for standing firm on issues such as merit pay and tenure reform; shame on NJEA for not caring enough 'about the ...

9. Christie fires Schundler over costly $400M Race to the Top education aid debacle
(N.J./State)

... promised the people of New Jersey that this would be a mistake-free administration,'' Christie added. "However, I did promise that the people serving in my administration would be held accountable for ...

10. Costly Mistake
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Did the Governor use additional tax dollars to pay for the revision of the RTT application? The courier service, delivering the application to Washington, DC, certainly cost money. Who paid? Who paid for ...

11. Sen. Buono requests all paperwork on Race to the Top debacle
(N.J./State)

... the coveted funding. Christie accepted blame Wednesday but said Washington bureaucrats who turned the application down because of the mistake are also to blame. Neither the governor nor Schundler would ...

12. Political Gain
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"Oliver said the Assembly Appropriation Committee will hold a public hearing to examine the mistake. No date has been set. Senate Democratic leaders also announced the upper house's Legislative Oversight ...

13. Christie's costly $400M federal aid mistake made after governor nixed NJEA compromise on application
(N.J./State)

... that the $400 million federal education funding mistake apparently occurred when the governor nixed an agreement on support of aid application between his education commissioner and the NJEA, a statewide ...

14. accountability
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That is a big Mistake some one needs to be held accountable I know every time I make a mistake some one is ripping a ticket out of a book and shoving it in my face. for the smallest mistake even want to ...

15. Schundler writes feds asking for $75M in Race to the Top school aid for New Jersey
(N.J./State)

Action follows mistake that cost state a chance at $400 million BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler Wednesday evening sent a letter to U.S. Secretary ...

16. Christie, in part, blames Washington bureaucrats for loss of $400 million in federal education aid
(N.J./State)

... an incorrect response to a question on the application. REPORTER: Governor, on the Race to the Top funds regarding the 4.8 point mistake, I was wondering if there is a review of how this mistake was made? ...

17. Poll finds state aid for public schools and colleges a priority for New Jersey parents
(Life/Style)

... results come a day after the Christie administration lost out on a chance to gain $400 million in federal aid for public schools through, at least in part, a mistake on the application. In an effort to ...

18. Mistake cost N.J. $400 million in education funding
(N.J./State)

... a final score. Ohio, which received the benefits of New Jersey's mistake, is even talking about it at Cincinnati.com. "These points should have been a gimme," Derek Roseman, spokesman for Senate President ...

19. Oliver wants to know how Christie administration made $400M mistake in Race to the Top application
(N.J./State)

... $400 million mistake that is going to hurt New Jersey's children,'' Oliver said. "I expect better than this on an issue this important to New Jersey taxpayers, and I expect the Christie administration ...

20. Tripping
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... my daughter's Jeep. Safety: Read up people...do your own research like I did. The Smart is very safe. So much so that my insurance rate dropped to the floor. You are sadly mistaken if you equate small ...