The Columbus Education Association is proud to announce that our signing on to Ohio’s Race to the Top (RttT) grant application helped the state win $400 million. The Columbus City Schools will receive $20.5 million over the next four years.
The Department of Education recently announced that due to the strength of its application, Ohio was one of a handful of second round states that earned RttT finalist status.
Delegates from the Columbus Education Association (CEA) attended the 2010 Summer Meeting of the National Council of Urban Education Associations (NCUEA) in New Orleans from June 26-29.
Across the nation (some) states are racing, (some) students are graduating, Ohio’s revenue shortfall is menacing and one Columbus City School …Read the Rest
By a 17-0 vote of Ohio Board of Education, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Ohio has become the seventh state in the nation to adopt common math and language arts standards. State adoption of the Common Core Standards has a significant connection to the Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program.
Ohio is among 35 other applicants competing for federal funding in the second round of Race to the Top (RttT).
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funding will expire at the end of fiscal year 2010, leaving many states and school districts scrambling to shore up their finances. Columbus City Schools laid off 113 teachers on Friday, April 23. The National Education Association predicts more than 125,000 educator layoffs will happen in the next three months.
To prevent massive educator layoffs, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) recently introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010. The proposed legislation would provide $23 billion in one-year aid to save education jobs across the nation.
