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371 Applications Received for District-Level Race to the Top

November 28, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Department of Education received 371 applications from 1189 school districts all racing to the trough to receive a slice of the $383 million pot.  Unlike last time the district-level Race to the Top required union officials to agree to the school district’s reform plan.  Which pretty much guarantees it’ll be worthless. Jackie Zubrzycki […]

Filed Under: Race to the Top Tagged With: District-Level Race to the Top, Jonathan Raymond, Sacramento City Unified School District, U.S. Department of Education

Education Under a Second Obama Term

October 24, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Alyson Klein asks what would a second Obama term look like for education? Oh my… do we really have to go there? She points out what the Obama campaign said a campaign brochure that was released on Tuesday: Cutting tuition growth in half over the next ten years; recruiting and preparing at least 100,000 new […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top Tagged With: Alyson Klein, Barack Obama, Common Core State Standards, District-Level Race to the Top, Mary Graber, Race to the Top

Almost 900 School Districts Race to the Trough

September 7, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

A lot of competition for the District Level Race to the Top program… almost 900 districts for 15-20 grants.  So the Federal government can bypass states altogether in order to influence school districts.  Why deal with the middle man when you can just cut him out?  Via the American Association of Christian School’s weekly email […]

Filed Under: Race to the Top Tagged With: American Association of Christian Schools, District-Level Race to the Top, U.S. Department of Education

Race to The Top IV: District-Level Race to the Top

June 7, 2012 By Jane Robbins

Making school districts directly beholden to the federal Department of Education undermines, rather than advances, local control. Announced by the US Department of Education (USDOE) on May 22, 2012, this program is designed to bypass states and go directly to local districts to persuade them to accept strings-attached federal grants. In this way, USDOE can […]

Filed Under: Race to the Top Tagged With: District-Level Race to the Top, federal control in education, Race to the Top, U.S. Department of Education

District-Level Race to The Top, Another Bad Idea on Top of a Pile of Bad Ideas

May 29, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Department of Education announced it’s $400 Million District-Level Race to the Top program last week.  Now they are totally bypassing the states and going straight to the school districts.  There are over 14,000 school districts in the country, but only those districts with a minimum of 2500 students and 40% of students who […]

Filed Under: Race to the Top Tagged With: District-Level Race to the Top, U.S. Department of Education

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