Sentences with phrase «race to the top guidelines»

If state education officials aren't knocking on your door to keep you informed, research Race to the Top guidelines, and find out what your state is up to by talking to state board of education members or the state superintendent's office.

High - achieving districts with reforms in place may prefer to sit it out, rather than take on extra tasks required by Race to the Top guidelines.

After a protracted debate, delegates to the National Education Association have voted to take a position of «no confidence» in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top guidelines and in the use of competitive grants as a basis for the reauthorization of ESEA.

By May 2009, two months prior to the announcement of the preliminary Race to the Top guidelines, 46 governors and chiefs had already signed a memorandum of agreement that encouraged the federal government to «provide key financial support» for the Common Core State Standards «through the Race to the Top Fund» and the development of common assessments.

With presidential backing, Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, has announced that states can get a waiver from NCLB requirements should they agree to the Obama Administration's Race to the Top guidelines.

«Of all the things in the Race to the Top guidelines, this is the one that's given us the most pause, the most concern,» said AFT president Randi Weingarten.

So NGA and CCSSO representatives lobbied the Education Department several times to get the Common Core standards adoption requirement cut from Race to the Top guidelines.

Early drafts of Race to the Top guidelines required states to agree to implement the Common Core standards if they wanted to get the money.

Education officials and academics in Massachusetts worry they'll have to «dumb down» their rigorous academic standards to comply with Race to the Top guidelines.

In its heavy reliance on test score data, the Race to the Top guidelines closely resemble No Child Left Behind, the signature education reform of the Bush administration.

Not exact matches

The Merseyside club have struggled to make up ground in the top four race and look set to complete a third successive season without securing qualification for the Champions League but rather than setting their sights on established experienced talents, Liverpool are looking to strengthen their squad in a more cost effective manner mindful of the up and coming UEFA FPP (Financial Fair Play) guidelines.

However, Sen. Mike Prusi, who is also a Democrat, said the legislature went too far, too fast, jamming the bills through in a few weeks after the final guidelines for the Race to the Top competition were announced in November.

That became official federal policy when the Obama administration called for statewide teacher evaluation guidelines, based in part on student performance, while soliciting for Race To The Top in 2009 and then No Child Left Behind waiver applications in 2011.

On November 18th the Final guidelines and invitation for applications to the so - called Race to the Top competition were published in the Federal Register.

In this sense, it would function like the Obama Administration's Race to the Top, creating eligibility guidelines that ensure certain reforms or practices are in place if you want to opt - in.

The proposed guidelines for the Race to the Top Fund, released in July 2009, identify four specific approaches to turning around the lowest - achieving five percent of a state's persistently lowest - performing schools.

-LRB-» «Race to Top» Guidelines Stress Use of Test Data,» July 23, 2009.)