ACTION ALERT: Support Using Race to the Top Funds for Education Reform in Colorado!
On July 24th, President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan held a press conference to announce the release of the Administration's draft priorities and guidelines for the Race to the Top Grant competition.
Supporting public charter schools is a core component of Race to the Top, especially as an effective way to help turnaround our lowest performing public schools. Because Colorado has such a strong charter school law - it is in a good position to earn some of these important dollars! In fact, according to Governor Ritter's website:
Colorado is now involved in a public process that will result in a proposal to qualify for the Race to the Top funds, potentially $300-$500 million. This is an investment that could potentially transform our education system. The proposal will be submitted December 1, 2009.
Please contact President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of Education Duncan and Governor Ritter and let them know the Colorado charter school community strongly supports the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to use Race to the Top funds to change restrictive state policies limiting effective teachers, high quality charter school growth, and broad based education reforms!
Click the link below to make your voice heard:
http://tinyurl.com/lg3jkk
The Department of Education NEEDS to hear from the charter school community in support of their strong positions on education reform. Please make your voice heard by clicking the link below.
http://tinyurl.com/lg3jkk
If you have any questions regarding this issue, or any public policy issue facing charter schools, please contact Sean Bradley, Director of Governmental Affairs at the Colorado League of Charter Schools at 303-989-5356 or sbradley@coloradoleague.org.
