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Last month the U.S. Department of Education announced the 16 Race to The Top District competition winners. The nearly $400 million awarded for the Race to the Top District competition (RTT-D) sounds like it is a lot of money. It is, in fact, a lot of money, and we are excited about the potential that this funding infusion will have on student achievement in those districts. That being said, we know that among 370+ applicants, there were more than just 16 great plans for building personalized learning environments.
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Innovative Leadership | School Districts
Big congratulations are in order for the Race to the Top District Competition’s 16 winners, who were announced yesterday. The winners spanned the great diversity of school districts nationwide – from the country’s fourth biggest district in South Florida (Miami-Dade County Public Schools) to a consortium of 24 largely rural districts in Kentucky (Green River Regional Education Cooperative) and from a charter management organization based in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley (IDEA Public Schools) to a consortium of districts bordering Washington’s Puget Sound (Puget Sound Educational Service District).
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For those of you from the more than 371 applicants representing more than 1,100 districts across the country who spent many October nights frantically brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, gathering support from stakeholders, crunching budget scenarios, and finally tracking down a CD-ROM (yes, they still make those) to send in your RTT-D application – congratulations on getting all of that done in such a short window of time. While now is the time to relax (a little), and return to your regular jobs, it is also an important time to begin thinking about what comes next. What do you do after you hear from the Department that the hard work paid off and that the check is in the mail? Here’s what you should be thinking about:
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Education Elements | Innovative Leadership | Personalized Learning | School Districts
The Race to the Top District Competition’s (RTT-D) absolute priority focused on personalized learning environments is exciting for us here at Education Elements. We’ve worked with schools and districts all over the country to help them personalize learning as they create Blended Classrooms.
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