School district officials DID apply for the Race to the Top grant.

School district officials applied for the Race to the Top federal grant.

The district has been identified as a turnaround school district for the federal Race to the Top competitive grant.

School district officials did not apply for the Race to the Top federal grant.

New York already won a $700 million federal Race to the Top grant last year.

Failure to do so threatens $700 million in federal Race to the Top grants.

School district officials attempted to apply for the Race to the Top federal grant, but were unable to secure the support of the teachers' union.

District officials applied for the federal Race to the Top grant which would have provided hundreds of thousands in additional federal dollars to improve student academic achievement.

These "Race to the Top" grants represent an unprecedented investment in innovation and reform in education.

District officials did not apply for the federal Race to the Top grant which would have provided additional federal funding to improve student academic achievement.