Sam ReddingAcademic Development Institute

Center on innovations in learningCenter on school turnaround

Building state capacity and productivity Center

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U. S. Department of Education

Priorities and Initiatives

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1. Focus on Lowest-Achieving Schools2. Encourage Innovation3. Engage External Partners4. Promote Competition

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1. Race to the Top, abbreviated R2T, RTTT or RTT, is a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education contest created to spur innovation and reforms in state and local district K-12 education. It is funded by the ED Recovery Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and was announced by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on July 24, 2009. States were awarded points for satisfying certain educational policies, such as performance-based standards (often referred to as an Annual professional performance review) for teachers and principals, complying with nationwide standards, promoting charter schools and privatization of education, and computerization.

Race to the Top

1. Implementing college- and career-ready standards and assessments,

2. Building robust data systems to improve instruction,3. Supporting great teachers and school leaders, and4. Turning around persistently low-performing schools.

STEM( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

$75 million to $700 million per state over 4 years to 19 states

$10 million to $40 million per district over 4 years to 16 districts

School Improvement Grants

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SIG Models

1. Transformation: Replace principal, Keep most staff, Dramatically change culture and practice

2. Turnaround: Kids Stay, (Most) Adults Go3. Re-start: Replace staff and leadership and reopen as Charter

School or contract to EMO4. Close the school—send students to better schools

Investment in Innovation (I3) Grants

$650 million in grants to LEAs, Non-Profits, Consortia of Schools

“First, we're looking for programs that will be outcome-driven, not input-driven,” Secretary Duncan stated. “We're looking for ways to boost student achievement, matriculation, and graduation rates--and we expect successful applicants will be able to demonstrate some success in closing achievement gaps, moving students toward proficiency, increasing graduation rates, and retaining high-quality teachers and principals.”

Development Grants: Up to $5 million total, up to 4 yearsValidation Grants: Up to $30 million total, up to 4 yearsScale Up Grants: Up to $50 million total, up to 4 years

Requires a match of 15% or more from non-governmental source