Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 11
Section E of the state’s Race to the Top application deals with “turning around the lowest-achieving schools,” and is divided into two sections. In the first section, the state must […]
Read More →Libby Mitchell responds to Cutler op-ed…
Yesterday, I suggested that gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s recent Bangor Daily News op-ed raking Sen. Libby Mitchell and the Maine Education Association over the coals might be an indication that […]
Read More →Education issues to take center stage in Governor’s race?
I want to take a quick time-out from my ongoing analysis of Maine’s Race to the Top application in order to discuss a fiery op-ed from gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler, […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 10
On Wednesday, I expressed the hope that some stronger sections are coming in the state’s Race to the Top application, and after looking at sections D(4) and D(5), one of […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 9
Part D(3) of the state’s Race to the Top application is related to “ensuring equitable distribution of effective teachers and principals,” by which the Obama administration means ensuring “that students […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 8
Part D (2) of the Race to the Top application has to do with “improving teacher and principal effectiveness based on performance.” This single section of the application is worth […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 7
In a recent paper on Maine’s chances of winning a Race to the Top grant, I wrote that the “Great Teachers and Leaders” section of the RTT application was “real […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 6
Part C of the state’s Race to the Top application deals with the state’s data system, something that is a main focus of the Obama Administration’s Race to the Top […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 5
The second major section of the Race to the Top application relates to “standards and assessments,” and while this section of the application is rather long, there isn’t a whole […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 4
The last part of the first section of Maine’s Race to the Top application relates to how well the state has done “over the past several years” at improving student […]
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