Free Live Webinar:
Stimulus: The Second Wave
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time
Free registration is now open.
The U.S. Department of Education is gearing up to award $5 billion from the federal economic-stimulus package to school districts, states, and education nonprofit organizations through several competitive grant programs. What are the requirements for Race to the Top, Innovation, and other grant programs? How can leaders best compete for those awards? And how can the money be used to dri
ve education reform?
Join our guests, a high-level official from the education department and a state education commissioner, as they discuss the details of the grant competitions and the education reform challenges ahead for K-12 leaders.
Guests:
Joanne Weiss, Race to the Top director at the U.S. Department of Education
Susan A. Gendron, Maine’s commissioner of education and board president of the Council of Chief State School Officers
This webinar will be moderated by Michele McNeil, assistant editor, Education Week.
Click here to register for this free, live event.
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Stimulus: The Second Wave
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time
Free registration is now open.
The U.S. Department of Education is gearing up to award $5 billion from the federal economic-stimulus package to school districts, states, and education nonprofit organizations through several competitive grant programs. What are the requirements for Race to the Top, Innovation, and other grant programs? How can leaders best compete for those awards? And how can the money be used to dri
ve education reform?Join our guests, a high-level official from the education department and a state education commissioner, as they discuss the details of the grant competitions and the education reform challenges ahead for K-12 leaders.
Guests:
Joanne Weiss, Race to the Top director at the U.S. Department of Education
Susan A. Gendron, Maine’s commissioner of education and board president of the Council of Chief State School Officers
This webinar will be moderated by Michele McNeil, assistant editor, Education Week.
Click here to register for this free, live event.
Related stories:
'Race to Top' Guidelines Stress Use of Test Data
Racing for an Early Edge
'Innovation' Push Raising Questions
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