Sentences with phrase «top education stimulus»

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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.

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In some ways, the XQ competition resembled Race to the Top (RttT), the $ 4.3 billion federal education program tucked into Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package.

Some important clues to how the Obama administration intends to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may be found in an indirect source: the detailed rules set out for states competing for $ 4 billion in grants under the economic - stimulus program's Race to the Top Fund.

The U.S. Department of Education launched Race to the Top in 2009, with funds from that year's big stimulus bill.

Duncan announced Race to the Top (RttT), a competitive grants program that had been authorized and funded by the education stimulus package.

And with its (relatively) paltry 5 percent of the money, Race to the Top, on balance, is doing American kids a lot more good than the 95 percent of the education «stimulus» funding that wasn't part of it.

If you're interested in the stimulus, education reform, or the Race to the Top, consider giving the article a read.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Asseducation - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation Writers Association.

As states consider whether to apply for the first or second round of Race to the Top Fund grants under the economic - stimulus program, the U.S. Department of Education is emphasizing that they shouldn't worry about being first in line to win a piece of the $ 4 billion being awarded.

Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly know as the «stimulus package.»

Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for education in the president's «stimulus package.»

Race to the Top began in 2009, requiring states interested in competing for a slice of $ 4.35 billion in stimulus money to prepare plans that satisfied the Obama administration's education - reform criteria, which include the growth of charter schools and linking student standardized test scores to teacher evaluations.

Shortly after Obama's inauguration, the new president launched the Race to the Top competition, which let recession - addled states vie for billions in extra stimulus funding in exchange for agreeing to certain education reforms.

Duncan has used the Race to the Top fund, created through the economic stimulus law, as leverage to drive the president's education agenda in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Colorado and elsewhere.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan conceived of Race to the Top as an education «stimulus» foEducation Secretary Arne Duncan conceived of Race to the Top as an education «stimulus» foeducation «stimulus» for change.

He protected state and local public employment through the stimulus package but his Race to the Top education program was anathema to teachers unions.

Obama has also made an effort to devote more spending to education, with $ 80 billion given to K - 12 districts in the stimulus bill and his Race to the Top program offering states and addition $ 4.35 billion in federal funds if they can come up with innovative reform plans.

In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic stimulus package, provided $ 3 billion for SIGs to help reform persistently low - achieving schools, on top of the $ 546 million that had already been appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for school improvement grants under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Delaware and Tennessee beat out 14 other finalists today to win the first - round competition for $ 4 billion in Race to the Top Fund grants, as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivered on promises that he would set a «very, very high bar» for the economic - stimulus money...

Created as part of the $ 100 billion stimulus fund targeted for education earlier this year, the so - called «race to the top fund» was designed to fuel innovation in the classroom.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal educaEducation Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal educationeducation aid.

The administration also leveraged $ 4.3 billion in stimulus money that Congress approved for education, creating a series of competitive grants known as Race to the Top, pumping to a new level this type of award.

Six years ago, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, armed with a bucketload of cash from the Obama administration's economic stimulus program, leveraged that money to jump - start the reform effort called Race to the Top.