<b>1) US ED Race to the Top:</b> The US Department of Education has released a new funding announcement as part of RttT (<a href="http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=239360">http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=239360</a>). In contrast to the previous RttT competitions (which have been statewide projects), this new cycle will fund efforts by individual local educational agencies (LEAs) (i.e., school districts). All proposals have to address "personalized learning environments," as described in the announcement:<br>

<br clear="all"><div style="margin-left:40px">To meet this priority, an applicant must coherently and comprehensively address how it will build on the core educational assurance areas (as defined in this notice) to create learning environments that are designed to significantly improve learning and teaching through the personalization of strategies, tools, and supports for students and educators that are aligned with college- and career-ready standards (as defined in this notice) or college- and career-ready graduation requirements (as defined in this notice); accelerate student achievement and deepen student learning by meeting the academic needs of each student; increase the effectiveness of educators; expand student access to the most effective educators; decrease achievement gaps across student groups; and increase the rates at which students graduate from high school prepared for college and careers.<br>

</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">Though Ohio State can't submit proposals to this competition, it can collaborate with the school districts that are submitting proposals. Funding ranges from $4–$30 million (depending on the number of students served by the proposal) across 48 months. Intent to submit is due August 23, and full proposals are due October 3, 2013.<br>

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