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Race to the Top

STEM & STEAM

How we developed a personalized PBL model for STEM

May 7, 2019April 20, 2018 by Levent Sakar
STEM
How can schools and districts prepare students for college and careers in STEM? Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher…
District Management

Report: Race to the Top isn’t delivering big results

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
The Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, can’t deliver much educational improvement in America’s public schools because there is a huge mismatch in its mandates…
District Management

How the government can drive school innovation

November 16, 2012 by By Michael Horn
Most of the funding and decision-making around education in this country occur at the state and local levels. The federal government has limited ability to effect change. That…
District Management

Strike highlights division on teacher evaluation

September 11, 2012September 11, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
One of the key disagreements driving Chicago teachers to the picket lines this week is also a central component of President Barack Obama's education policy: evaluating instructors in…
District Management

Nearly 900 districts to apply for Race to the Top funding

September 4, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
Nearly 900 school districts across the nation intend to apply for a slice of close to $400 million in grants that the U.S. Education Department will distribute in…
District Management

Duncan discusses education reform, back-to-school changes

August 6, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
A more well-rounded curriculum with less focus on a single test. Higher academic standards and more difficult classwork. Continued cuts to extracurricular and other activities because of the…
District Management

District ‘Race to the Top’ rules spur mixed reaction

June 28, 2012June 27, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor
Proposed guidelines for school districts to vie for $400 million in new federal grants have elicited mixed reaction from education groups—from concern among ed-tech groups over how “personalized…
Teaching Trends

Feds float guidelines for school-based Race to the Top grants

May 22, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
Following a wave of state education reforms spurred by its Race to the Top competition, the federal Education Department (ED) said May 22 that individual school districts will…
District Management

Universal Design for Learning: The next big thing in school reform?

November 5, 2013May 16, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor
As educators brace for new reforms, what will these changes look like? How will assessments and curriculum differ from previous versions? How can all students get the best…
District Management

States struggle over how to evaluate special-ed teachers

April 24, 2012 by From wire service reports
Spurred by the U.S. Department of Education's $4.35 billion Race to the Top grant competition, more than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are…
District Management

Details of Obama’s proposed $70B for education

February 14, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) would receive nearly $70 billion under President Barack Obama’s FY2013 budget, which he presented to Congress on Feb. 13. The $69.8 billion…
District Management

Obama challenges lawmakers to strengthen education

January 26, 2012January 25, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
In a State of the Union address that was as much a campaign speech as a call to action, President Obama touted his administration’s success in spurring school…
Teaching Trends

Nine states win early education grants

December 19, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
Nine states have won a collective $500 million from the federal government to help make pre-kindergarten and other early learning programs more accessible and better capable of narrowing…
District Management

NCLB waivers require big changes, fast

December 6, 2011 by From wire service reports
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IT Management

With online testing on the horizon, infrastructure could be a challenge

December 1, 2011November 29, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
With new online tests being designed to reflect the Common Core standards, school districts in at least 45 states will have to replace pencil-and-paper testing with the new…
District Management

States rewrite education rules, with or without Race to the Top

October 24, 2011October 21, 2011 by From wire service reports
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District Management

Sen. Shelby questions education grant competition

July 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
The "Race to the Top" program extends the reach of the federal government too far into states' public schools operations, a leading Republican senator said on Wednesday, Reuters…
Teaching & Learning

Education grants made available for nine states

May 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
According to Reuters, nine states will be eligible to compete for education grants of up to $50 million through President Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" program, the…
District Management

Report: U.S. should model education system after other countries

May 26, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor
The U.S. must mirror the educational practices of top-performing countries if it is to regain its competitive advantage, according to a new report from the National Center on…
Curriculum

Feds announce $500M for early learning competition

May 26, 2011May 25, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
A new state-level grant competition will direct $500 million in federal funding to improve child care and early childhood learning as part of the Obama administration's signature Race…
District Management

The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 2

January 3, 2011December 31, 2010 by From staff reports
The controversial documentary film Waiting for ‘Superman’ has shined a national spotlight on the need for school reform, while sparking intense debate over how best to achieve this…
District Management

States that lost school money face reform dilemmas

December 6, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
It's like buying a fancy dress but having no date to the prom--dozens of states that crafted new education policies to compete for a share of the $3.4…
District Management

With divided Congress, school reform faces a tough road ahead

November 17, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many…
District Management

Putting our ideas of assessment to the test

January 26, 2011September 27, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor
Here’s a pop quiz: What are the skills that today’s students will need to be successful in tomorrow’s workplace? The answer to this question has enormous implications for…
IT Management

Ed tech is one focus of Maryland’s Race to the Top funds

November 5, 2013August 31, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
Maryland recently became one of 10 winners of the second round of federal Race to the Top grants, and Charles County officials are ready to get the ball…
District Management

New Jersey schools chief fired after Race to the Top gaffe

August 30, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner on Aug. 27, days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application form might have cost…
District Management

Did Race to the Top help or hurt the push for a common curriculum?

August 25, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
States were working on a common set of education standards before the Obama administration decided to make adoption of them part of its Race to the Top competition.…
District Management

$3.4B for 9 states, D.C. in Race to the Top grants

November 8, 2010August 24, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" grant competition, the U.S.…
District Management

Lesson plan in Boston schools: Don’t go it alone

August 9, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
Earlier this year Massachusetts enacted a law that allowed districts to remove at least half the teachers and the principal at their lowest-performing schools, reports the New York…
District Management

Race to the Top program spurs school-reform debate

November 8, 2010July 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
The U.S. Department of Education has named 18 states and the District of Columbia as finalists in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" (RTTT)…
District Management

Lawmakers trade broadband grants, school reforms for education jobs

July 12, 2010July 6, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Schools would get $10 billion to help them avoid teacher layoffs under a bill passed by the House. But the funding would come at a price for other…
eClassroom News

States collaborate on new national exams

January 26, 2011June 25, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Two large coalitions of states are competing for federal “Race to the Top” dollars to create a series of new national academic tests to replace the current patchwork…
Teaching & Learning

35 states, D.C. apply for Round 2 of Race to the Top funding

June 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia submitted applications June 1 for the second round of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top competition to boost…
District Management

Several states walk away from ‘Race to the Top’ millions

June 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the federal "Race to the Top" program, but at least…
District Management

Feds to shape the future of assessment

November 5, 2013April 16, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
Federal officials are leading the charge to develop a new generation of summative, end-of-year exams that are delivered and scored by computer; focus on a deeper understanding of…
Teaching & Learning

States skeptical about ‘Race to Top’ school aid contest

April 6, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
The initial results of the Obama administration’s signature school improvement initiative, known as Race to the Top, have left a sour taste for many states, reports the New…
District Management

Delaware, Tennessee win first ‘Race to the Top’ grants

March 30, 2010March 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Broad support from key stakeholders, including elected officials, teachers' unions, and local business leaders, was an important factor in awarding the first round of "Race to the Top"…
Teaching Trends

Race to the Top finalists announced

July 7, 2011March 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
The U.S. Department of Education has named 16 finalists in the first round of its Race to the Top competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform…
District Management

Obama calls for more school funding

January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year.

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