7 districts primed for Race’s round 3
CORE districts already doing work on their own
The seven school districts that led the state’s second round application to Race to the Top –and did better than expected – are eager to go after money that the Obama Administration has reserved for California and eight other states in round three. And although the $50-plus million that California can expect as its share would be less than a tenth of the $700 million it sought last time, that amount would mesh nicely with the seven districts’ plans, according to Rick Miller, the former Deputy Superintendent of Education who was in charge of the first round bid and now, in a new role, would organize the third round, too.
Miller is executive director of the California Office to Reform Education, or CORE, the non-profit organization that the seven unified districts – Los Angeles, Sacramento City,