RTTT presentation by Boone

Race to the Top presentation by Superintendent Boone
going through the four core areas: assessment of teachers, use of data, recruiting teachers, turnaround schools...
forgive me for the parts of this you've seen before

MA eligibility up to $250 million "that's could be"
funds cannot supplant state funding, may only supplament
at least 50% to districts under Title 1
remaining funds may be distributed or may be retained by state for their work

States apply, submit plans to fed
signing the MOU does not ensure that they will receive funds; districts must align with state plan
(MOU as received yesterday?)
"by 2020 we aspire to have a public education system where all students recive a world class education and graduate ready to succeed in the 21st century and those most in need of additional support accelerate to meet that standard"...from the state's MOU
graduate ready for college and career
cutting-edge instruction aligned with standards
lead by teachers and admins of quality

Five core MA areas:

• P-12 teaching and learning system
• increase college and career readiness
• improve teacher and principal effectiveness based on performance
• ensure effective teachers and leaders in every school
• turnaround schools

Three requirements for all districts:

1. teacher and princpal effectiveness
2. effective teachers everywhere
3. use of data
4. REQURIED OF Level 4 and 5 schools--priority schools are no longer called that (what number of change is this?)--have to use the four change models (turnaround model, restart model, school closure, transformational model)
5. may opt in to a statewide p-12 teaching and learning system

Districts have to submit the MOU by Jan.13 if they want to participate

State application due Jan. 19

Grants announced April 2010

Specific grant applications including scope of work due July 2010

PUBLIC COMMENT ON DRAFT (STATE PROPOSAL) DUE Jan.4 to rttt@doe.mass.edu

School committee must decide tonight if they want to vote on this now or vote on this on January 7.

Specifics on Worcester proposal have not been determined as yet.

"We don't have an option anymore to not improve student achievement...whether we do (these other things), that's the journey that we're on"

The Mayor runs through the numbers and asks "Isn't reform a way to avoid the supplant issue?...probably I shouldn't even ask this in public...is it possible that this issue of supplanting is avoided if we do the reforming that the state is asking for?"

We won't have the sustainability on these funds, ssys the superintendent. "In four years we won't have these funds; these won't be there."