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Ohio makes second round of Race to the Top
Ohio is one of 19 states selected for the Race to the Top bid. The next step is for officials to make their case to a national committee. If its plan impresses the judges, Ohio will learn by Sept. 1 if it will get $400 million, part of which will go to 537 participating districts. Lakota is estimated to get around $330,000. While that is a small amount for a district of that size, Interim Treasurer Alan Hutchinson called it “seed money” to launch new initiatives required for districts receiving funds. He said those initiatives line up with Lakota’s plans to change the way it does business.
Keep reading to find out what one group says about the states selected. Also, read what Gov. Strickland says about it. What do you think?
Today, the U.S. DOE announced that 19 states have been selected as finalists to make a presentation to a panel of reviewers selected by the U.S. DOE during the week of Aug. 9, 2010. Following these interviews and presentations, the recipients of Race to the Top funds for the second round are expected to be announced in Washington, D.C. by Sept. 1, 2010. In June, Ohio was one of 35 states plus Washington, D.C. that submitted an application for the Race to the Top grant program to the U.S. Department of Education. Ohio was selected as one of 16 finalists during Round 1 of Race to the Top. Delaware and Tennessee were the only states to receive funding during the first round. At that time, Ohio’s application ranked 10th out of 40 total applications in Round 1. Statement from Governor Strickland and Superintendent Delisle: “We are very pleased to hear Ohio is, again, a Race to the Top finalist, and we are very proud of the work accomplished by numerous individuals and organizations who helped craft Ohio’s Round 2 application. Our application was carefully constructed, based on the feedback from the federal reviewers that we received during the first round of the competition, and with the help of more than 100 participants in a series of meetings hosted by KidsOhio and the Ohio Grantmakers Forum. The Ohio Department of Education has already begun preparing for the presentation to the U.S. Department of Education. One of Ohio’s strengths in this process is our commitment to education and to a system of education that ensures every Ohio child will receive a high quality education. We are grateful for the hard work of our team at the Ohio Department of Education, as well as the State Board of Education and the Ohio General Assembly, for demonstrating that Ohio’s support for its students is not only our mutual responsibility but also our highest priority. “Through the more than 530 school districts and community schools that agreed to be part of our Race to the Top efforts by signing a memorandum of understanding, more than half of Ohio’s students will be participants in our efforts should Ohio receive funding. The participating districts and community schools have demonstrated their commitment to Ohio’s education system and our students, believing that we can improve educational opportunities, even in tough financial times. Of those students participating, the award will impact 81.5 percent of African-American students, 73 percent of Hispanic students, and 66.3 percent of economically disadvantaged students statewide. “We will continue to work together to ensure all students graduate from high school well prepared for higher education and Ohio’s 21st century economy.”
Jeanne Allen on Race to the Top Round 2 Finalists: “Status Quo Strongholds Share Same Stage as Education Reform Leaders.” WASHINGTON, DC (July 27, 2010) - Jeanne Allen, president of The Center for Education Reform, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement of the federal Race to the Top education funding program’s Round 2 finalists. “The designation of Finalist status to 19 states out 36 applications in the Race to the Top is disheartening. The fact that status quo strongholds are sharing the same stage as truly groundbreaking education reform leaders such as Florida, New York and the District of Columbia in a competition ostensibly focused on education reform efforts shows that Race to the Topis inherently broken in both its scoring and priorities. “Kentucky has rejected every opportunity to establish a charter school law, while New York reform leaders had to fight tooth and nail just to provide more charter opportunities to families there. And while Florida worked to abolish teacher tenure and establish a rigorous new evaluation process, Maryland handed the teachers union a blank slate for their evaluation criteria. “Education reform has not moved forward through federal prodding, but by the work of parents, advocates and strong legislative leaders in states who see that special interests have blocked educational opportunities for our students. The Race to the Top should reward only those states that have disrupted business-as-usual in our schools, not succumb to the everyone’s-a-winner scenario presented by today’s selection of finalists.”
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