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  • user warning: Table './napcsdrupal/cache_block' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = 'a:2:{s:7:\"content\";s:2494:\"<div class=\'view view-issuealerts-ARRA\'><div class=\'view-header view-header-issuealerts-ARRA\'><span class=\"issuealerts-header\">Economic Stimulus - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)</span></div>\n<div class=\'view-content view-content-issuealerts-ARRA\'><div class=\"node node-teaser node-type-alert\" id=\"node-619\"><div class=\"node-inner\">\n\n <h2 class=\"title\">\n <a href=\"/ARRA_Updates\">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act </a>\n </h2>\n \n \n <div class=\"content\">\n <span class=\"date-display-single\">April 6, 2010</span><br />\n<p>\n<strong><a name=\"top\" title=\"top\"></a><strong>The U.S. Department of Education Releases  Race to the Top Guidelines (Thursday, November 19):</strong> \n</strong>\n</p>\n<p>\nThe U.S. Department of Education recently released it’s final <a href=\"http://www.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Race to the Top (R2T) guidelines</a> and <a href=\"http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-27426.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">official application</a>. Major points outlined in the R2T documents support both broad based education reform and charter schools. Along with hundreds of other organizations, the Alliance <a href=\"/ARRA_Updates#r2tcomments\">submitted comments</a> on the proposed guidelines in order to make sure charter schools were appropriately included in the finale application. A brief analysis of the documents can be found <a href=\"/node/1277\" target=\"_blank\">here at the Charter Blog</a>. The Alliance also convened a conference call to help charter school operators and advocates understand how best to position themselves to take advantage of this opportunity. <a href=\"/files/audio/media.wma\" title=\"Race to the Top Conference Call\" onclick=\"pageTracker._trackEvent(\'Audio\', \'Download\', \'Race to the Top Conference Call\');\">Download an audio file</a> of the conference call. Click <a href=\"/node/1068\">here</a> to read a complete overview of the R2T. <br />\n<br />\nTake action: Show your support for charter schools as an essential component of the Race to the Top Fund (R2T) <a href=\"/node/1119\" target=\"_blank\">by writing your elected officials today</a>. \n</p>\n<p>\n<strong><strong>\n<hr />\n</strong></strong></p> </div>\n\n <div class=\"links\">\n <ul class=\"links inline\"><li class=\"first last node_read_more\"><span class=\"node_read_more\"><a href=\"/ARRA_Updates\" title=\"Read the rest of this posting.\">Read more</a></span></li>\n</ul> </div>\n \n</div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node -->\n</div></div>\n\";s:7:\"subject\";s:65:\"Economic Stimulus - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)\";}', created = 1337218762, expire = -1, headers = '' WHERE cid = 'bc_25::_http://dashboard.publiccharters.org' in /var/www/vhosts/publiccharters.org/httpdocs/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 174.
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