Sentences with phrase «win federal money»

An early version highlighted the Common Core standards by name, saying that states that embraced those specific standards would be better positioned to win federal money.

Not exact matches

Rejman said the Park District won $ 3.1 million in federal grant money earmarked for projects that benefit short - stay boaters.

«In 2014 when we had the power, federal backing, money and everything to win, he lost to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

A former federal prosecutor who didn't enter the race until mid-January, Katko raised most of his money after March 1, when he won the Republican designation at a convention in Syracuse.

He doesn't actually live here, and he won the Democratic primary against an unsavory incumbent who had already been indicted on federal charges of stealing the people's money for his personal expenses.

A federal investigation into Nassau's chief deputy county executive, Rob Walker, centers on a $ 12 - million county storm cleanup contract won by a company that gave money to Walker's political committee just as the agreement was finalized, according to a source with knowledge of the probe.

Albany, NY — The State Education Commissioner has teamed up with the teachers unions to come up with a teacher evaluation system that Commissioner David Steiner says could improve New York's chances of winning federal Race to the Top money.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission halted its probe into whether the state Democratic Party improperly used money from a federal election funding account to help Gov. Dannel P. Malloy win re-election in 2014.

The evaluations are required in order to qualify for federal grant money that New York State won under the Race to the Top program.

Federal agents yesterday interviewed two members of the Erie County Democratic Committee as part of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe of money spent in the 60th District race in 2014 won by outgoing Democrat Sen. Marc Panepinto, according to a source familiar with the situation.

I did not vote for him in the primary and I'm disappointed he won, but if you look at the previous thread where Donovan wants to spend our tax money litigating against a Federal law instead of cleaning up the stench in Albany, he lost me for sure.

Maine has never won a high share of federal science funding compared to other states, ranking 46th nationally in pulling in federal R&D money.

Though New York was the only state to spend the money it won from the federal Race to the Top competition to build a curriculum, its policymakers seem to have tapped a nerve — and a deep well of demand for Common Core - aligned materials far beyond their borders.

Teachers Union Refuses to Sign Off on LAUSD Plan for Race to the Top Grant The Los Angeles teachers union has refused to sign off on Los Angeles Unified's bid for a prestigious Race to the Top grant, costing the district a shot at winning $ 40 million in federal money, sources said Saturday.

As Executive Director and point person for this new corporate lobby group, it will Rae Ann Knopf's role to push for greater support for charter schools and changes that might help Connecticut succeed should they try for a 4th time to win federal grant money from the «Race to the Top» program.

But the Obama administration made test - based evaluations a requirement for any state that wanted to compete for Race to the Top grant money or win relief from the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Already a two - time loser in the federal Race to the Top competition, California education officials learned Wednesday that they've been given two new chances to win a share of the reform grant money.

Elliott Elementary in Lincoln, Ne., struck off on its own last year when it became the only school in the city to win money through the federal School Improvement...

An effort sparked by hopes of winning up to $ 400 million in federal money for Michigan schools could have broad implications on educational choice and quality for years to come...

Because of the incentives set by the federal government for RTTT, states signed onto reform plans — whether they won money or lost the competition.

Eventually Brown would win the game of chicken with Duncan, whose department caved, promising not to pull federal money, which would have meant cutting off over a billion dollars, largely to districts serving poor students, and from a state that carried huge weight in the Democratic party.

The state was seen as dysfunctional, it couldn't win federal grant money, its budget was shattered, California was cutting school funds and districts were laying off teachers.

But to win money from the newly - available federal Clean Coal Power Initiative, Southern now promised to also use TRIG to capture most of the plant's carbon dioxide, which would be compressed and piped out to older underproducing oil fields and injected into the ground to drive more oil to the surface — a process called enhanced oil recovery.