Cajuns get it!: LOUISIANA DISTRICTS WEIGH COST vs. BENEFIT OF ‘RACE TO THE TOP’ BID

Several Louisiana school districts are undecided about whether to support the state's bid for federal Race to the Top funds, as they are uneasy about agreeing to mandates without long-term commitments for funding. "Considering these difficult economic times and declining local revenues, it is hard to know where our district and our state will be in four years," one district's superintendent said. "We cannot absorb any more unfunded mandates." The News-Star (Monroe, La.) (1/10)