North Carolina's Race to the Top
How North Carolina is Vying for the Federal Education Grant
North Carolina is a Finalist
Now in the second phase of the competition, North Carolina is one of 16 states vying for a part of this economic stimulus package. The other fifteen states in consideration are Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee. After living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the last three years, I have been following North Carolina's "Race to the Top" campaign for federal grant money. Is North Carolina still a viable contender?
How does North Carolina fare?
Governor Beverly Perdue has led the way, involving government officials, school administrators, teachers, parents, and activists. Bill Harrison, Chair of the State Board of Education; June Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; and Myra Best, Special Advisor for Education in the Governor's Office, are spearheading North Carolina's Race to the Top. According to WRAL News, "The Recovery Act focuses on adopting standards and assessments to better prepare students for careers and college; getting high-quality teachers into classrooms; turning around low-performing schools; and creating data systems to track performance."
Setbacks
According to the Raleigh News Observer, "The state board will talk this week about altering or rescinding a policy prohibiting local school districts from using a measure of teacher effectiveness in their evaluations."
The federal grant money does not include states that prohibit evaluative information, such as student test scores or class improvement. A cap on public charter schools is the only other setback for North Carolina in the Race to the Top. The cap is currently set at 100 schools, but the state education associations are taking measures to introduce more charters in the education system.
Between 10 and 20 states will receive the federal education grant from the Race to the Top program. The next round of finalists will be announced in the spring.
Raleigh News Observer- N.C. enters 'Race to the Top' for school bucks
http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/09/02/64097/nc-enters-race-to-the-top-for.html#ixzz0uzUAUABu
Published by H.K.Nunzio
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2 Comments
Post a CommentLord help us. This is asking for trouble when you put this kind of pressure on teachers. Give them the professional development and encouragement, but asking students K-12 to take a standardized test? Ludicrous. That is begging to bring unnecessary and unwelcome stress on elementary teachers who have never had to deal with such a thing. Also a good way to get teachers to leave the profession.
Thanks for the information. Of course I would want Ohio to get the money for their schools, but I'll be cheering for North Carolina too.