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Delaware to change education policy as state competes for federal grant

  • 12-02-2009
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By Jennifer Price/Delaware News Journal

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan plans to award a portion of the $4 billion federal Race to the Top Fund early next year – and again in 2011 – to states willing to undertake changes in the way schools are run. Markell wants to help Delaware’s chances of receiving the grant by improving student readiness, ensuring teacher quality, effectively using student data and turning around the state’s lowest-performing schools. “This is as important as anything we could possibly do to advance our state,” Markell said. Duncan hasn’t said how many states he expects to win a chunk of the money, but has indicated that only states that lead the way in education reform will have a chance. (more...)

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