Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Holliday Considers Race To The Top Application
KENTUCKY....
State Education Commissioner Terry Holliday has listed six ways Kentucky could improve its federal Race To The Top application. Holliday says the state could pick up 10 points by working on teacher evaluation, and passing legislation providing for charter schools could help add 32 points. Both have been strongly supported by the Republican Senate Majority but were omitted because of opposition from teachers' unions. Governor Steve Beshear says he has mixed feelings about charter schools, saying some have done well in some places but haven't performed as hoped in others. Beshear says he will sit down with Holliday to discuss Kentucky's application while looking for ways to strengthen it. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it was giving grants to Delaware and Tennessee, leaving Kentucky to hope for better luck in the second round this summer.
State Education Commissioner Terry Holliday has listed six ways Kentucky could improve its federal Race To The Top application. Holliday says the state could pick up 10 points by working on teacher evaluation, and passing legislation providing for charter schools could help add 32 points. Both have been strongly supported by the Republican Senate Majority but were omitted because of opposition from teachers' unions. Governor Steve Beshear says he has mixed feelings about charter schools, saying some have done well in some places but haven't performed as hoped in others. Beshear says he will sit down with Holliday to discuss Kentucky's application while looking for ways to strengthen it. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it was giving grants to Delaware and Tennessee, leaving Kentucky to hope for better luck in the second round this summer.
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