Race to the Top
Title
Race to the Top
Description
Race to the Top was a multi-billion dollar grant created by the United States Department of Education in 2009. It was funded as part of President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act following the Great Recession. The grant established a points system in which different states competed to score highest. The better a state performed on these criteria, the more federal money they would receive. States were awarded points for enacting performance-based evaluations for educators, adopting common standards, making progress in their lowest performing schools, and other policies centered around improving education. This grant was created to ensure that states doing the best at bettering the education of their children would be rewarded.
Creator
Getty Images
Date
11/4/2009
Source
Relation
Publisher
Current Affairs
Contributor
Getty Images
Format
Photograph
Language
English
Type
Legislation
Identifier
Education, Legislation, Government
Coverage
United States
Files
Collection
Reference
Getty Images, Race to the Top, Current Affairs, 11/4/2009
Cite As
Getty Images, “Race to the Top,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed May 27, 2023, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/745.