Sentences with phrase «race to the top $»

A student advocate may, perhaps, care about the whole child — not just Race to the Top $ $ $ $ $ $.

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A source close to Ricketts says the billionaire now sees reelecting McConnell, along with handing him control of the Senate, as a top priority for the roughly $ 4 million Ricketts plans to invest in 2014 races.

For example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the country.

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

This growth is the main reason why Amazon is the top challenger to Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) in the race to a $ 1 trillion valuation.

Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $ 4.35 billion program of competîtive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

Naylor came out top in the Oxford battle, finishing ninth to Bruceâ $ ™ s 12th in a race won by Kentâ $ ™ s Nicholas Torry in a personal best time of 14:18.38.

Among the 11 entries as of Monday were Skip Away (right), vying to become the Classic's first repeat winner, racing's alltime cash cow (a victory would give him $ 10 million in earnings) and Horse of the Year; 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm; the last two Belmont Stakes victors, Victory Gallop and Touch Gold; Travers Stakes champ Coronado's Quest; and Swain, Europe's top horse.

• Although neither Talon nor Miche has produced a top runner — and the American offspring of Tatan and Arturo A. have yet to race — Endeavour II (imported in 1947) has produced winners of over $ 4 million, including the 1953 2 - year - old champion Porterhouse; Rex Ellsworth's fine handicap star, Prove It; the filly Big Effort; and, most recently, the 1967 Santa Anita Handicap winner, Pretense.

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By winning the Remsen, Ski's earnings jumped to $ 309,704, making him the top money - winning 2 - year - old of 1976 and one of the early favorites for next spring's Triple Crown races.

With five victories in her second year as a tour pro that included her first major at the Evian Championship, she also retained her top ranking and earned the $ 1 million Race to the CME Globe bonus for the second straight year.

New York has just received more than $ 600 million in Race to the Top funding.

Spending in the race from the independent expenditure groups could top $ 1 million in addition to the seven - figure expenditures from the campaigns themselves in what is shaping up to be one of the costliest Senate campaigns in years.

He played an instrumental role in ensuring New York State qualified for, and won, $ 700 million in Federal Race to the Top dollars, a US Department of Education sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 education.

New York plans to submit a revised plan by June 1 to vie for $ 700 million in federal «Race to the Top» education funds.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

First, there is Arne Duncan's Race to the Top fund, which dangles $ 4 billion before the states if only they are willing to open the door to more privately managed schools.

New York State has agreed to adopt high - stakes testing and controversial teacher evaluation systems tied to Common Core State Standards for a one - time installment of $ 700 millions in federal Race to the Top grant money.

He listed the following as Regents» achievements: winning $ 700 million through the federal Race To The Top competitive grant program, raising standards, achieving a significant new investment in pre-kindergarten and increasing graduation rates.

The teacher evaluation requirement originated in 2010 after New York was awarded a grant of nearly $ 700 million under the federal Race to the Top program.

New York state has until June 1 to submit its application to try to win up to $ 700 million in federal Race to the Top funds.

The pressure is on for New York to pass a new charter - school law before submitting a new application to qualify for up to $ 700 million in federal «Race to the Top» funds by the June 1 deadline.

She also authored and passed the landmark 2010 Education Reform Law, which was instrumental in delivering $ 700 million in federal «Race to the Top» to New York State.

De Blasio's top money man, Ross Offinger, funneled $ 50,000 of «publicly untraceable» campaign cash to help Long Island Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky win a crucial race for the state Senate.

In 2009, through the «Race to the Top» program, the federal government offered $ 4.35 billion in competitive grants to states that adopted Common Core standards and developed plans to improve state test scores and teacher evaluation results.

The governor also touted the state's new teacher evaluation system, which he championed, as it was a requirement of New York's $ 750 million Race To The Top federal grant award.

In order for the state to receive a $ 700 million federal «Race to the Top» grant it won in 2010, a teacher evaluation program must be implemented.

The federal government incentivized adoption of the Common Core at the state level through its Race to the Top grants program, which garnered New York State $ 700 million that was then distributed to school districts.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo doled out at least $ 225,000 worth of bonuses to top staffers on his campaign team after he won the 2010 governor's race, his most recent financial report shows.

Cuomo championed the teacher evaluation system, which is a requirement of the federal Race To The Top grant program, through which New York won $ 700 million in 2010.

«The Stimulus included a relatively small piece of money that became the «Race to the Top» fund, $ 4.35 billion, and the Obama administration said the way we're going to use this money is we're going to say, «If you want to compete for part of this money, you must adopt standards that are common to a number of states and you get the most points if a majority of states have adopted those standards,»» said McClusky.

In 2010, when New York, like other states, was recovering from recession, it won nearly $ 700 million in education incentives from the federal «Race to the Top» program.

«And I don't think they should do it just because of the federal funding,» Clinton said, referring to New York's plan to apply for up to $ 700 million in Race to the Top grants.

The legislation must be approved by the Assembly and signed by Gov. Paterson before the city can compete for up to $ 700 million in the federal «Race to the Top» funds.

MANHATTAN — Presumptive mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is surging in the fundraising race for the city's top office, raking in $ 1 million over the past six months to outpace the leader of the pack, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

An official from the U.S. Department of Education told Chalkbeat on Tuesday that $ 292 million of New York's $ 700 million Race To The Top grant was on the line.

The New York City school system, which has two - thirds of the state's needy children and 40 percent of its teachers, could receive $ 300 million from the Race to the Top program, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a press conference.

MANHATTAN — New York won $ 700 million in federal education grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced Tuesday.

These shortcomings, federal officials told Cuomo, mean the state could lose $ 1 billion in Race to the Top and other federal money.

Halloran is also accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations for a failed $ 200,000 bid to get Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — the Republican line in last year's mayoral race.

Halloran is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations to get Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — the Republican line in last year's mayoral race.

Mayor de Blasio's top money man funneled $ 50,000 of «publicly untraceable» campaign cash to help a Long Island Democrat win a crucial race for the state Senate, according to a...

In addition to providing more choice and opportunity for parents and kids, he said it would boost the cash - starved state's chances of obtaining up to $ 700 million in «Race to the Top» funds from the federal government.

New York will get $ 700 million in federal education grants after being named as a winner in the Race to the Top program.

It could just as persuasively be argued that he, Andrew Cuomo, is the one primarily responsible for «blocking progress» toward a statewide teacher evaluation format that would pass muster with the feds for $ 700 million in Race to the Top funds, the State Education Department and the unions.

The teacher evaluations are required in order for the state to be eligible for $ 700 million dollars in federal funding, as part of the Race to the Top grants.

Districts also would be able to compete for some $ 200 million in special state grants, under a New York version of the federal Race to the Top program.

The legislation follows through on New York's commitment to establish a real and effective teacher evaluations as a condition of the $ 700 million granted through the federal Race to the Top program.