P-20 Charts Path Forward; Signs onto RTTT-ELC
Yesterday, the Delaware P-20 Council met for the first time since the membership was expanded and authority was clarified by legislation, focusing on the need to enact cross-agency data sharing regulations that meet our Race to the Top promises. With support from USED’s longitudinal data experts, they now will be drafting regulations for data...
“Baby Race to the Top” Application Released
Today the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services released the Application for Initial Funding for the $500 million Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Grant, of which Delaware is eligible for up to $50 million. The Early Learning Challenge is organized around five selection criteria:
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Arne Duncan’s Dollars at Work: The Good, The Curious, and The Cautiously Optimistic
The Department of Education recently approved all 19 school district Race to the Top plans. After combing through the plans, there are certain budget items that make me optimistic, items that give me slight pause, and others that require additional consideration.
In their plans, some significant investments that make me optimistic...
Delaware Competes for Early Childhood Funds
Since the announcement of the federal Early Learning Challenge, the third phase of the Race to the Top competition, states have been ‘racing’ to formulate bold applications for a share of the $500 million grant. Although the final criteria and deadlines have not been released, 36 states—including Delaware-- and the District of Columbia have...