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Steller Colleagues,

First as far as The Executive Summary for Race to The Top...
December 2009 100 LEA's agreed to join
Accelerated initiative to drive growth (student achievement)
Best chance in educational reform
For workforce to fuel future innovations
Only through unprecedented collaboration between state and LEA's
All children reach potential
Jan 19, 2010 Deadline...

Monitoring Needs...
refine current rigorous standards
new support for teachers and principals
requires MOU

Perspective...
Chance for students and districts to survive and thrive in hypercompetitive global economy

First Round of money...
Awarded to Delaware and Tennessee
Cant appy for second round...

Application Process...5 Areas
Great Teachers and Leaders 138 points
State Success Factors 125 points
Standards and Assessments 70 points
General Selection Criteria 55 points
Turning Around Lowest Achieving Schools 50 points
Data Systems to Support Instruction 47 points

Only California, Texas, Florida and New York eligible for highest buckets of award

*Note, this info is from research and not my opinion. I will add as I understand the second phase of the application process and its deadlines.

*For your consideration...
1. Why do some states feel prepared to move forward with change and others not so much?
2. If we are agents of change, how should we react to this initiative?
3. We have to do something...