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Supt. Reed says Adair Schools to apply for Race to the Top Grant Under Race to the Top, the aim will be to prepare each student to master the content and skills required for college - and career-readiness, require that students pursue a rigorous course of study, and target students' individual needs. Schools will create opportunities for students to identify and pursue areas of personal academic interest - all while ensuring that each student masters critical areas identified in college - and career-ready standards or college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements. New from Adair County, KY School District COLUMBIA, KY (2012-10-01) - Adair County will go after a portion of $40 million race to the top monies through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. "We have notified our regional cooperative (Green River Region Education Cooperative) that we are on board and ready to do whatever it takes to make fundamental changes in our school system in order get our students prepared for a tough job market after high school," said Superintendent, Alan Reed. "The process is very competitive," said Reed. "We have a much better chance to be selected if we apply through our educational cooperative." School districts must demonstrate how they can personalize education for all students in their schools. The Race to the Top-District competition is aimed squarely at classrooms and the all-important relationship between teachers and students. School districts receiving this competitive grant must provide teachers the information, tools, and support that enable them to meet the needs of each student and substantially accelerate and deepen each student's learning. Reed went on to explain, "Under Race to the Top, our district will have to drastically change its policies, systems, infrastructure, and culture to enable teachers, teacher teams, and school leaders to continuously focus on improving individual student achievement and closing achievement gaps." Under Race to the Top, the aim will be to prepare each student to master the content and skills required for college - and career-readiness, require that students pursue a rigorous course of study, and target students' individual needs. Schools will create opportunities for students to identify and pursue areas of personal academic interest - all while ensuring that each student masters critical areas identified in college- and career-ready standards or college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements. "In my opinion, our teachers and students would be faced with the toughest set of academic changes ever undertaken in Race to the Top," said Reed. This announcement comes on the heels of last week's approval by the board and Local Planning Committee's decision to eliminate John Adair Intermediate School and to reconfigure the district into a more streamlined system that operates with four (4) schools instead of the current five (5) schools. The move will eliminate roughly $500,000 a year in operating costs, and eliminate the need to construct a new $15 million dollar building to replace John Adair. "Taxpayers and other shareholders should be very pleased with the money we're going to save and academic progress we going to make," said Reed. This story was posted on 2012-10-01 08:40:42
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