Districts hurt Ohio bid for school funding!
4 April 2010
No CommentAssociated Press
Posted April 4th 2010
COLUMBUS: Documents from the U.S. Department of Education suggest Ohio needs to enlist more school districts in its campaign to win federal schools funding.
Scores and reviewer remarks from the government’s “Race to the Top” grant program also show Ohio lost points for its initiatives to bring up the performance of poor and minority students. A third area of weakness was the state’s efforts to distribute top teachers and principals throughout schools.
Ohio this week finished 10th out of 16 finalists in the initial round of competition for stimulus education money. Tennessee and Delaware won grants totaling $600 million.
Officials say Ohio will keep trying.
Only 266 of Ohio’s 614 school districts are participating in a related state plan to improve schools.
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