Race To The Top Adds School Districts To U.S. Education Competition

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Race To The Top Adds School Districts To U.S. Education Competition Race to the Top, the U.S. Education Department's $4.35 billion contest, is getting personal. The competition this year opens $400 million in grant money to school districts -- and not states, like in previous rounds -- with a focus on "personalized learning," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce Tuesday. High School Track Coach Dismissed For Taking Student To Prom Teacher Tells Student He'll Be Arrested For 'Disrespecting' Obama Newsweek: Best High Schools In America 2012 Joplin High School Graduation Marks Year Of Tragedy, Perseverance Tony Blair Protested During Speech At Colby College BLOG POSTS Paul Stoller: Saving Social Science STEM is important in the future of higher education, but so are the social sciences and humanities which teach students how to think critically and to how assess the social and cultural ramifications of rapid technological change. Teach Plus: Closing the Curriculum Gap Is a Social Justice Issue I would argue that the school reform movement has not given enough attention to the questions of rigor and curriculum. Proficiency and compliance are too often substituted as our goals, especially with poor students of color. William E. White: Education in America Serves No Purpose Today Americans have forgotten the reason why we educate children in America. As a result our children, schools, communities, and the nation are suffering. C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Singapore How does Singapore view the importance of a world-class teaching profession? How has its government responded? What progress has been made to date? What are Singapore's next steps to advance the teaching profession in the 21st century? Rev. Romal J. Tune: Bullying Starts at Home Often, our public discourse regarding the need to end bullying centers around the assumption that children are only bullied at school. That assumption couldn't be further from the truth.

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