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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

“Sacramento City Teachers Association declines to participate in Race to the Top “ | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

“Sacramento City Teachers Association declines to participate in Race to the Top “ | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:


“Sacramento City Teachers Association declines to participate in Race to the Top “

Our teachers’ union local has just decided to not support our Superintendent’s plan to apply for District Race To The Top funds. A diverse committee, including Alice MercerLori Jablonski and myself (I’m just including our three names and links because of our social media activity) met to develop a report and recommendations to our Executive Board, which has issued this statement:
Sacramento City Teachers Association declines to participate in Race to the Top
SCTA appreciates Superintendent’s desire to raise more funds and agree that having sufficient resources is critical to our students’ education. And, as we have done in the past, will continue to also offer our own ideas on how to funnel more monies directly to the classroom.
However, we feel that putting time and effort into crafting a proposal for the District Race to the Top program