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.
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel called the time since the last NEA RA meeting a “tough year” in his keynote address on July 3, 2010.
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
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) announced that 42 Ohio schools will receive $95 million in School Improvement Grant (SIG) monies over the next three years. A total of seven of the 42 schools are from the Columbus City School district.
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.
