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Cloning controversial city programs key to state RTTT bid | GothamSchools

Cloning controversial city programs key to state RTTT bid | GothamSchools

Cloning controversial city programs key to state RTTT bid

Some of New York City’s signature educational programs — including its principal training academies and school-based teams that examine student data — could go statewide if New York wins nearly $700 million in Race to the Top funds.
The state is arguing in its Race to the Top application that it can accomplish Obama administration educational goals by replicating city programs around New York. That could be a smart strategy, as U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called New York City a model for how the federal government should spend its education funds. But city programs the state wants to duplicate include some of its most controversial.
Here are some of the programs that could get cloned, along with the justification provided in the state’s Race to the Top application:
Leadership Academies:
New York will use $6 million in RTTT funds to replicate the successful Rochester and New York



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