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Address the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
"Will address the dropout crisis by passing his legislation to provide funding to school districts to invest in intervention strategies in middle school - strategies such as personal academic plans, teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time."
Sources: Obama education plan
Subjects: Education
Grant program will encourage data collection related to dropout prevention
Updated: Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | By Robert Farley
President Barack Obama has packed a number of his campaign promises related to education into his "Race to the Top" program, which seeks to encourage innovative approaches to teaching and learning by having states compete for $4.35 billion worth of grants from the Department of Education. The program was funded through the Obama-backed economic stimulus package approved by Congress in February.
According to an executive summary of the Race to the Top Program, the secretary of education is particularly interested in applications that expand "statewide longitudinal data systems" to capture, analyze and use student data related to a number of programs including ... dropout prevention programs.
Competition for the "Race to the Top" grants will be conducted in two rounds -- the first starting this month and the second in June of next year -- with winners announced in April and September 2010.
There's more to this promise than just encouraging data systems that incorporate dropout prevention programs. But it's a step in the right direction. And so we move this one to In the Works.
Sources: Department of Education, Race to the Top Executive Summary , November, 2009 Department of Education, Press release: "President Obama, U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan Announce National Competition to Advance School Reform," July 24, 2009 Department of Education, "Race to the Top Fund" Department of Education, "Race to the Top Fund; State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program; Institute of Education Sciences; Overview Information; Grant Program for Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" YouTube, President Obama on Race to the Top , July 24, 2009 Washington Post, Op-ed: "Education Reform's Moon Shot," by Arne Duncan, July 24, 2009 White House Web site, "Fact Sheet: The Race to the Top," Nov. 4, 2009
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