Education Week: Will Small Districts Even Bother Competing in New Race to Top?

T-minus 76 days until applications for the $400 million Race to the Top district competition are due. Will your district be applying?

Odds are, probably not.

Not only is the 116-page application complex and demanding, but the eligibility requirements will make it difficult for a majority of districts to apply.

More than half the nation’s school districts are not eligible to apply on their own for the Race to the Top competition for districts because their enrollments are too small. To apply, districts—or groups of districts—must have at least 2,000 students.

via Will Small Districts Even Bother Competing in New Race to Top?.

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