He said the second application, which is due June 1, will focus on how the funds can be used to build capacity for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives. The state’s application also will play up the state’s nationally recognized pre-school program. 5/28/2010, Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100528/NEWS02/5280330/AEA+pulls+its+support+from+Race+to+the+Top
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AEA pulls its support from Race to the Top
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
AEA hurts Race to the Top chance
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alabama Education Association in a sense was right when it said that the lack of charter schools wasn’t the main reason that Alabama did not perform well in competing for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds. It turns out that a much more important reason for Alabama’s poor performance [...]
Alabama tries to overcome Race to the Top shortfalls
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The biggest hill — perhaps a mountain — appears to be the resistance of the Alabama Education Association to the grant program’s reform initiatives. Federal reviewers of Alabama’s first application for Race to the Top funds universally found that the state did not have or did not explain that it had a “comprehensive or coherent” [...]
Montgomery Advertiser on the need for state charter schools
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gov. Bob Riley told the Montgomery Advertiser editorial board that he will continue to push for allowing charter schools because new rounds of grant competitions are likely to continue to emphasize the need for states to have them as an option. The Legislature did a great disservice to Alabama’s schoolchildren by rejecting charter school legislation. [...]
State to refine grant application
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When Alabama filed its Race to the Top application for up to $181 million by the January deadline, education leaders debated whether the state’s prohibition on charter schools would hurt its chances. A law allowing charter schools is worth 40 points of the 500 possible on the application. ”I (Governor Bob Riley) still believe that if [...]
State to apply again for Race to the Top funding
Posted in Alabama, tagged Alabama, education, race-to-the-top on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We are going to continue to apply, and it looks like we’re going to continue to compete for the next three years,” Gov. Bob Riley said last week. 3/14/2010, Gadsden Times, Alabama http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20100313/NEWS/100319916?Title=State-to-apply-again-for-Race-to-the-Top-funding
Mississippi, Alabama lagging in education money race
Posted in Alabama, Mississippi, tagged Alabama, education, Mississippi, race-to-the-top on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 16 first-round “winners” were selected on the basis of their efforts to promote school reform and accountability. All but one of the finalists earned points for charter schools or other “high-performing” alternatives to traditional public schools. 3/6/2010, Gulf Live.com, Alabama, Mississippi http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-opinion/2010/03/editorial_mississippi_alabama_lagging_in_education_money_race.html
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