baltimoresun.com - MCPS won't get Race to the Top funds

Most Baltimore-area schools open amid influx of federal funds - baltimoresun.com

...The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that Maryland would get $250 million in Race to the Top funds. The money, which can be used over a four-year period, is aimed at innovations that the Obama administration has outlined in the past year.

Half of the Race to the Top money will be divided among 22 of the state's 24 school districts. Montgomery and Frederick County, which declined to sign the application for the competition, will not get any. Within the next three months, each of the 22 systems must develop a plan to spend its share in one of four areas: teacher quality, developing curriculum, data systems and improving the lowest performing schools...