'Race to Top' fizzles out in O.C.

06-02-2010

By Fermin Leal/Orange County Register

One district in Orange County – Santa Ana Unified – will join the 300 others statewide in applying for the second phase of a federal Race to the Top Funds. California is eligible for up to $700 million in federal funding for schools program. But districts must pledge a series of reforms in return for the cash. Under California's reforms, teachers and principals would be evaluated in part based on student performance. The state also will try to place effective teachers in low-performing schools. Nine Orange County districts applied for the first phase of the program back in January. But California was among dozens of states that lost out in that initial round of competition. County Superintendent William Habermehl said he wasn't surprised most of the county's 28 districts passed on Race to the Top. (more...)

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