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Episode 3 - Celebrating the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Grant

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 7 a.m.

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It was December, 2013, when the US Department of Education and the US Department of Health and Human Services awarded Georgia the Race to the Top \\u2013 Early Learning Challenge Grant, totaling $51.7 million over four years.\\xa0 This week, we look back at all that was accomplished in Georgia as a result of the grant.\\xa0 Joining us are three key people in the project: Susan Adams, Deputy Commissioner for Georgia\\u2019s Pre-K Program and Instructional Supports; Dr. Bentley Ponder, Deputy Commissioner for Quality Innovations and Partnerships; and from Chicago, former Deputy Commissioner for System Reform and now Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Policy with the Ounce of Prevention Fund Kristin Bernhard.\\xa0\\xa0

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