Government and education leaders across Ohio were beaming after Tuesday’s announcement that the state won $400 million in the federal government’s Race to the Top competition.
But no one was more relieved than Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders, who was banking on the money to help pay for a new academic “transformation plan.”
At least half of the state’s pot will go to more than 500 districts and charter schools that agreed to be part of the state’s reform effort, with amounts determined by the number of students in low-income families. Cleveland will get the most — $29.5 million to be distributed over four years.
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