20 January, 2010
Illinois joins 40 States Applying in the “Race to the Top”
Illinois filed a strong application for “Race to the Top” Tuesday, following passage last week of ‘groundbreaking’ legislation. You can download the 187-page application here, or read State Supt’s Chris Koch’s message here. You can also read the U.S. Dept of Education’s news release. Locally, here’s a helpful Q-and-A from the State Journal-Register and coverage from WBEZ.
15 January, 2010
Gov. Quinn Signs “Groundbreaking” Reforms
Governor Pat Quinn today signed into law the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010, a bill to implement new, rigorous evaluations for teachers and principals across the state. The new law boosts Illinois’ “Race to the Top” application by addressing one of the four priority areas outlined by the U.S. Department of Education. Read more…
14 January, 2010
Reform Bills To Governor’s Desk
Congratulations to the General Assembly for passing groundbreaking legislation on teacher evaluation and alternative certification. The legislative process brought together all the education stakeholders to produce a forward-looking and durable set of reforms that will help Illinois school children for years to come and better position Illinois for up to $400 million from the federal “Race to the Top” competition.
The State Journal-Register offered wrapups of the Senate vote Wednesday and the House vote Monday.
The votes were also covered by the Quad-City Times and Illinois Public Radio (pc link here, mac link avail here).
The Chicago Tribune editorialized on the legislation earlier in the week.
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