District to Receive $6,867 in Race to the Top Funding
NJ Department of Education says district signed up to take part in award.
The New Jersey Department of Education announced that 372 districts and charter schools have signed up to take part in the Race to the Top award and will be receiving a portion of $19 million dollars earmarked by the state for those schools. Madison is slated to receive $6,867. The other $19 million of the state's $38 million award will be used to advance the Gov. Chris Christie's education reform agenda. New Jersey was awarded approximately $38 million in December as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top 3 competition. According to a release from the NJ Department of Education, as part of its application, the state selected four objectives in line with the administration’s education reform agenda: The department said …
Sam Cavaliere
9:54 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
LOL,this was the concern from the beginning. I think it cost the district a LOT more than $7k to fill out the paperwork for the state. Business as usual for education in the state of NJ. more ›