RACE TO THE TOP

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RACE TO THE TOP STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT
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What is Race to the Top?
A 4.3 Billion competitive grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to encourage and reward
States that are creating conditions for
education innovation and reform.
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Race to the Top (R2T) benefits EVERYONE!
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R2T Stakeholders
Government Business Non-Profit Orgs Principals Uni
ons Philanthropies
School Boards Superintendents School
Boards Teachers Parents Students Higher Education
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Race to the Top is about
HIGH PERFORMANCE
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R2T Goal
Improve performance at EVERY level
Student School District State
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What R2T Offers
Funding
Partnerships
Freedom
Resources
Choice
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What R2T Offers
FREEDOM from
Constraints
Bureaucracy
Unnecessary Regulations
Negative labels
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What R2T Offers
CHOICE of
Voluntary Participation
Best-Practice Initiatives
Governance
Autonomy
Local Control
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What R2T Offers
RESOURCES that are
Relevant
Comprehensive
Effective
Customized
Cost Efficient
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What R2T Offers
PARTNERSHIPS which
Provide On-Going Support
Supplement Funding
Share Risks
Build Capacity
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What R2T Offers
FUNDING that is
Unprecedented
Timely
Sufficient
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Louisiana wants to provide all students access
to a world-class education.
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Louisiana must initiate
Whole System Reform
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Expected Outcomes

• Increase academic achievement for all
• Eliminate achievement gaps between
• races classes
• Prepare students to be effective
• citizens in the global marketplace

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Help build Louisianas High Performance Plan
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