ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) State Superintendent O’Connell and Education Secretary Thomas Announce Requirements for Local Education Agencies to Participate in Race to the Top Source:  California Department of Education […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) “Romero Bill Halted, Brownley Bill Approved by Assembly–Schwarzenegger Threatens Veto” by Andrew Keller and Jeff Hudson Source:  EdBrief – 11 December 2009 URL: http://www.educationmediagroup.com/legAdv091211_RTTTbills.php During two furious days […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) Nominations are Sought for Members of the California Teacher Advisory Council (Cal TAC) Source: Eilene Cross, Education Consultant for the California Council for Science and […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) State Schools Chief Jack O’Connell and Governor Schwarzenegger Urge Progress on Race to the Top Legislation Source: California Department of Education; Office of the Governor […]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This issue of COMET focuses on the Race to the Top Fund and the newly-released final application guidelines for states. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (NATIONAL FOCUS) (1) U.S. Department […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) Senators Lead Charge to Ensure California Wins Race to the Top Funds URL (Romero): http://tinyurl.com/y9whuvs URL (CDE): http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr09/yr09rel153.asp URL (SBX5 1): http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sbx5_1&sess=CUR&house=B&author=romero On November 3, the California […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) The California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (CAMTE): New Web Site; Upcoming CMC Conference Sessions URL: http://camte.org The California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (CAMTE) invites […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) State Schools Chief Jack O’Connell Announces New Web Tool to Help Education Agencies Close the Achievement Gap Source: California Department of Education URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr09/yr09rel148.asp […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) State Schools Chief Jack O’Connell Offers Education Agencies a New Tool to Combat the Achievement Gap Source: California Department of Education – 7 October […]

ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) California and the Race to the Top Source: EdSource – 12 October 2009 URL: http://www.edsource.org/ This weekend, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed three pieces of legislation that […]