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Haywood County big winner
in Race to the Top education funding
March 30, 2010 Haywood County Schools are
likely to get nearly a million dollars in Race to the Top funds. On
Monday, March 29, the U.S. Department of Education announced that Tennessee
was one of two states that, so far, have been selected to get a share
of the $4.5 billion pot of federal cash. Delaware is the other. Director of Schools Marlon
King thinks Haywood County will get just over $900,000.
King said he has already begun
planning — meeting with his executive cabinet. He said he will
later meet with department heads and then present a plan to the school
board.
The Race to the Top money is
designed to reward school systems that are leading the way in comprehensive
education across four key areas:
- Adopting standards
and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the
workplace;
- Building data systems
that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals
how to improve instruction;
- Recruiting, developing,
rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially
where the are needed most; and
- Turning around their
lowest-performing schools.
Tennessee and Delaware were
awarded the highest scores in the competition for the funding because
of aggressive plans to improve teacher and principal evaluation, use
of data to inform instructional decisions, and turn around their lowest
performing schools.
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