The state won $700 million Tuesday in the second round of Race to the Top, garnering so many points that it came in second place among 10 winners.
8/26/2010, New York Daily News, New York http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/26/2010-08-26_charter_school_battle_didnt_affect_aid_win.html#ixzz0xiFVrhA2
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“All of the other stimulus money has gone for teacher retainment,” said Veronica Montgomery-Costa, president of Local 372, which represents aides, paraprofessionals and other workers. “Our members have constantly retained the cuts.” Just a few weeks ago, the union was told that about 600 members – 500 school aides, 60 parent coordinators, 65 family paraprofessionals and 75 bookkeepers – would be laid off before the start of school on Sept. 7. Union officials said Tuesday they believe most of those jobs have been saved. But they were still waiting for confirmation.
8/25/2010, Daily News, New York http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/25/2010-08-25_fed_funds_must_save_school_jobs_union.html
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Broward is in line for $37 million, the second shot-in-the-arm this month for a district demoralized by budget cuts. Palm Beach County schools, however, will receive nothing — its School Board and union did not seek the funding, because of a fight over the program’s rules.
8/25/2010, Sun-Sentinel, Florida http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-08-24/news/fl-race-to-the-top-20100824_1_broward-schools-reform-grants-superintendent-art-johnson
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The education poll released Wednesday was paid for by Phi Delta Kappa. It found 34 percent gave the president a grade of A or B for his work in support of public schools, compared with 45 percent at the same time in 2009. They gave even worse grades for the quality of the nation’s schools, but said they approve of their local schools.
8/25/2010, Associated Press, All States http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jcYDg70BqxLSup4q0mewlttLgctwD9HQ9BGG0
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Last night, The Star-Ledger said that the Department of Education made a key error on the application: submitting school-funding comparison data for 2010 and 2011 instead of for 2008 and 2009. That error cost nearly five points, more than the three points by which New Jersey’s application fell short of that of the tenth-place winner, Ohio.
8/25/2010, examiner.com, New Jersey http://www.examiner.com/essex-county-conservative-in-newark/new-jersey-loses-out-on-race-to-the-top
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New Jersey fell three points short of being one of the 10 finalists selected for hundreds of millions in federal education funding through the Obama administration’s Race to the Top education grant program.
8/25/2010, Star-Ledger, New Jersey http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/race_to_the_top_application_er.html
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Pennsylvania had been among 19 finalists for the federal grant program. Lebanon School District was the only district in Lebanon County, and one of 122 out of 501 school districts in the state, that had committed to participating in the grant process. (Note: poor PA charter school participation also. editor.)
8/24/2010, Lebanon Daily News, Pennsylvania http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_15875625
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