Fostering Innovation and Excellence

Fostering Innovation and Excellence

1. schools must be CONSTANTLY innovating

   • improves and maintains effective learning
   • enables local effective strategies to flourish
   • provides students/families with higher-quality public education options
   • helps students graduate ready for college and career path

2. race to the top

   • focus on rigorous college/career-ready standards and high quality assessments
   • provide grants to states and school districts
     • improves schools
     • provides high quality learning

3. i3: investing in innovation

   • provides additional grants to fund the programs that show the strongest evidence of effective school reforms
   • secretary also reserves funds for inducement prizes
     • drives breakthrough inventions or dramatic innovations for educational improvement
   • grantees form partnerships with private sector

4. expanding educational options

   • magnet schools
     • increase diversity in schools
     • expand and improve options for students
   • promoting public choice
     • provides funds to expand high-quality public school educational options for students