In 2011 Maryland applied to the U.S. Department of Education Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant competition and learned of its $50 million award later that year. Work on the grant commenced in January 2012 and concluded in December 2015.
The U.S. Department of Education website contains links to all 35 states’ grant applications and scores, along with comments on those applications made by reviewers. Maryland’s full application is available here with appendices (PDF).
[Note the appendices file is very large and may take some time to download.]
Annual Performance Reports on the grant are available here:
- 2016 Annual Performance Report (PDF)
- 2015 Annual Performance Report (PDF)
- 2014 Annual Performance Report (PDF)
- 2013 Annual Performance Report (PDF)
- 2012 Annual Performance Report (PDF)
Below are links to the monthly progress reports on the 10 projects comprising Maryland’s RTT-ELC State Plan:
- September 2012
- October 2012
- December 2012
- January 2013
- February 2013
- March 2013
- April 2013
- May 2013
- June 2013
- July 2013
- August 2013
- September 2013
- October 2013
- November 2013
- December 2013
- January 2014
- February 2014
- March 2014
- April 2014
- May 2014
- June 2014
- July 2014
- August 2014
- September 2014
- October 2014
- November 2014
- December 2014
- January-February 2015
- March-June 2015
- July-September 2015
- October-December 2015
- Final Grant Update
The Task Force on Early Learning Teacher Education participated in the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant workforce development objectives. Their final report and its appendices are available.