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Education Department invites districts to apply for $400 Million in Race to the Top competition to support classroom-level reform efforts

In a press release reported in ED.gov, the U.S. Department of Education announced the availability of the application for the 2012 Race to the Top-District competition, which will provide nearly $400 million to support school districts in implementing local reforms that will personalize learning, close achievement gaps and take full advantage of 21st century tools that prepare each student for college and their careers.

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Education Department opens the Race to the Top competition to individual districts

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Department of Education has announced that it is opening its Race to the Top competition to individual school districts.

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About two dozen states plan to apply for NCLB waivers in the second round

More than two dozen states, including Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, plan to apply in the second round for waivers from parts of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), according an Associated Press (AP) report in the Connecticut Post.

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Ten states receive NCLB waivers, freeing them from certain acccountability standards

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration has granted waivers to ten states from some of the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) toughest requirements, including that schools prepare every student to be proficient in math and reading by 2014 or risk escalating sanctions.

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Nine states awarded Race to the Top funds for early childhood programs

According to an Associated Press (AP) report in the Washington Post, nine states will share $500 million in grant money won in a high-profile competition intended to jump-start improvements in early childhood programs. California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington will see funding for innovative efforts in often-overlooked pre-K schooling.

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U.S. Ed Dep’t study says poor schools get shortchanged on funding

Education Week reports that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a study finding that nearly half of all high-poverty schools, including schools that get Title I money, were at least 10% below the average school in their district in terms of state and local aid. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the “findings confirm an unfortunate reality in our nation’s education system. Many schools serving low-income children aren’t getting their fair share of funding.”

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Massachusetts and others seeking NCLB waiver

Massachusetts has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) seeking to replace some of the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) strictest provisions with a more flexible system that would require the state’s public schools to show steady improvement over the next six years, says the Boston Globe. The state’s proposal would give schools more latitude to reach academic goals than NCLB currently allows. Additional reports indicate eleven states have thus far submitted such waiver requests.

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ED Sec. Duncan outlines federal plan to provide flexibility on NCLB’s accountability standards

In a September 23, 2011 letter to Chief State School Officers, U.S. Education Sec. Arne Duncan announced the issuance of the Department of Education’s (ED) formal application for waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) accountability standards. ED also made its guidelines and application available on its website.

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Colorado seeking NCLB waiver

According to an Associated Press (AP) report in Education Week, Colorado is joining a number of other states seeking a waiver from the accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The Colorado Board of Education (CBOE) voted to seek the waiver after Colorado State Department of Education (CDE) officials informed it that the state has changed how school districts are evaluated since the 2002 law took effect, and that parts of the law have become outdated and put unnecessary and duplicative administrative burdens on schools.

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Sua Sponte: CRS memo analyzes ED’s legal authority to waive NCLB requirements

The Congressional Research Service issued a memo laying out the basis for Secretary’s Duncan’s authority to issue NCLB waivers.

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