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[[File:President Obama in Madison (4075490325).jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] promoting the competitive grant program at a November 2009 event in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]]] | [[File:President Obama in Madison (4075490325).jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] promoting the competitive grant program at a November 2009 event in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]]] | ||
'''Race to the Top''' ('''R2T''', '''RTTT''' or '''RTT''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html|title=Race to the Top Fund|date=2016-07-19|website=www2.ed.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> was a $4.35 billion [[United States Department of Education]] competitive grant created to spur and reward innovation and reforms in state and local district [[K–12]] education. Funded as part of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], it was announced by President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of Education [[Arne Duncan]] on July 24, 2009. States competing for the grants were awarded points for enacting certain educational policies, instituting performance-based evaluations for teachers and principals based on multiple measures of educator effectiveness (tied to targeted professional development and feedback), adopting common standards (though adoption of the [[Common Core]] state standards was not required), adopting policies that did not prohibit (or effectively prohibit) the expansion of high-quality [[charter schools]], turning around the lowest-performing schools, and building and using data systems.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-03|title=Race to the Top District (RTT-D)|url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-district/index.html|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www2.ed.gov|language=en}}</ref> | '''Race to the Top''' ('''R2T''', '''RTTT''' or '''RTT''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html|title=Race to the Top Fund|date=2016-07-19|website=www2.ed.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> was a $4.35 billion [[United States Department of Education]] competitive grant created to spur and reward innovation and reforms in state and local district [[K–12]] education. Funded as part of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], it was announced by President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of Education [[Arne Duncan]] on July 24, 2009. States competing for the grants were awarded points for enacting certain educational policies, instituting performance-based evaluations for teachers and principals based on multiple measures of educator effectiveness (tied to targeted professional development and feedback), adopting common standards (though adoption of the [[Common Core]] state standards was not required), adopting policies that did not prohibit (or effectively prohibit) the expansion of high-quality [[charter schools]], turning around the lowest-performing schools, and building and using data systems.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-03|title=Race to the Top District (RTT-D)|url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-district/index.html|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www2.ed.gov|language=en}}</ref> | ||