The Connecticut State Department of Education is taking on the ambitious task of preparing a major, statewide grant application for the highly competitive, federal Race to the Top fund announced by President Obama on July 24, 2009, as part of a $4.35 billion reform package designed to spur bold action for reforming America’s public schools.
Since August 2009, state education Commissioner Mark K. McQuillan and his staff have been working to respond to complex requirements of the grant. He has called together teams of local superintendents, other education leaders, university and business representatives, and teachers to help fashion Connecticut’s proposal for public school reform.
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