Today some states are on deadline. They’re trying to get a slice of a federal pie aimed at improving education. President Obama’s “Race to the Top Program” makes billions in grant money available to states that adopt certain school reforms. Among them is a change that might make some students unhappy – a longer school day. Catalyst’s most recent edition of In Depth Magazine reports on that push. Editor in Chief Lorraine Forte talks with us about it. The article “A Matter of Time” appears in the forthcoming edition of Catalyst In Depth.

Music Button: Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa, “Stronger Than Itself”, from the CD Raw Materials, (Savoy Jazz)