Race to the Top - District Grants Awarded

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced the 16 school districts that have received 2012 Race to the Top – Distric t grants. Th...

ED Announces Race to the Top-District Finalists

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the finalists in its Race to the Top-District (RTTT-D) competition. Sixty-one fi...

Race to the Top - District Deadline Extended

As a result of Superstorm Sandy, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has extended the deadline for the Race to the Top - District compet...

Round Two of Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Applications Submitted

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced that five states – Colorado, Illinois, New Mexic...

Strong Interest in Race to the Top - District Competition

A total of 893 potential applicants submitted their intent to apply for the 2012 Race to the Top – District program. With nearly 900 appli...

ED Announces 2012 Race to the Top - District Competition

The Department of Education (ED) announced today that it has finalized the 2012 Race to the Top (RTT) grant competition. This year’s comp...

Coalition for Community Schools to Host "Race to the Top - District" Webinar

The Coalition for Community Schools is hosting a webinar about the Department of Education’s new Race to the Top – District (RTT-D) competi...

ED Seeks Public Comments on the 2012 Race to the Top Competition

Last week, the Department of Education (ED) announced proposed criteria for the 2012 Race to the Top (RTT) program. This year’s competiti...

Family Engagement in Early Childhood Resource Guide

The Harvard Family Research Project has released Family Engagement in Early Childhood: A Resource Guide for Early Learning Challenge Recipi...

Department of Education Announces Race to the Top Round Three Grantees

The Department of Education (DOE) recently announced that seven states will receive a share of $200 million as part of  round three of the R...

Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Grants Awarded

The Department of Education has awarded Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Grants to nine states. The awarded states inc...

$200 Million for Round Three of Race to the Top

Last week, the Department of Education announced that the nine Race to the Top (RTT) round two finalists are invited to submit application...

Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Applications Submitted

In October, 35 states submitted applications to the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant competition. A joint initia...

Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Application Released

This week, the Departments of Education (DOE) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released the application for the Race to the Top - Early ...

CSSP Comments on Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Competition

The Department of Education has created a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Fund blog for interested individuals and organizations t...

Obama Administration Announces $500 Million for the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Fund

The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services announced a new $500 million state-level grant competition, Race to the Top-Earl...

Department of Education Announces $200 million to Continue State-Led Reforms Under Race to the Top

The Department of Education announced this week that the nine finalist states that did not win grants in the first two rounds of Race to the...

Second Phase Race to the Top Awards Announced

On August 25, 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that 10 applicants have won grants in the second phase of the Race to...