Sentences with phrase «improvement grant it received»

In response to mixed test results at Barry, the district sought additional resources and supports for the school's expanded - learning - time program through a School Improvement Grant it received from the state of Connecticut in 2014.

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The filing notes that «On June 17th (Marcato) received notification granting their request for early termination of the waiting period under the Hart - Scott - Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

«This federal grant builds upon the support received from CDFA and the American Farmland Trust, and will help continue the momentum of the program to increase participation and show constant improvement.

The grant for Lindberg Park is the fifth the park district has received since village residents passed the «Renew Our Parks» referendum in 2005, which allocated additional funding for land improvement projects.

In 2011, the park district received two grants that helped pay for improvements to the pool, deck and bathhouse.

Earlier this month, Brown asked the Federal Aviation Administration to step into the dispute over the fate of Meigs Field, contending that federal grant money received by the city to make airport improvements require the tiny airfield to remain open through the year 2009.

However, completion of the improvements is contingent on the possibility of receiving a $ 2.5 million Illinois Park & Recreational Facility Construction grant.

Mary J Renfrew: has received grants for quality improvement work related to feeding infants in neonatal units; small amounts of money, in regard to co-authoring a book; and been an invited speaker at a range of professional and academic organisations, for which no fee was received.

Arlington Heights also recently received state grants for upgrades of the Recreation Park baseball diamond lights ($ 105,000), new playgrounds at Hasbrook Park and Greenbrier Park ($ 90,000 each) and playground improvements at Sunset Ridge ($ 25,000).

«All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of «F» and «G» especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions.»

Suffolk County officials will hold a town hall Monday night in Flanders for East End residents seeking more information on a proposed septic improvement program that would allow some homeowners to receive a grant toward replacing old wastewater systems with new technology.

The Buffalo Public Schools District received word from the State Education Department Thursday that it would approve improvement grants for six city schools.

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

«The mayor seems to be lost in his own fantasy world of education, the one where reality doesn't apply,» declared UFT President Michael Mulgrew in response to the mayor's State of the City speech on Jan. 12, in which, among other proposals, he threatened to fire half the staffs in 33 schools receiving federal School Improvement Grant support.

The negotiations, which both sides agreed to in writing, were aimed at creating a system for fairly evaluating teachers, using both student performance and observation, in the 33 schools receiving federal school improvement grants.

Read said that if the city does not receive grant funding, infrastructure improvements will still need to be done.

The agreement will qualify the city to receive up to $ 65 million in federal School Improvement Grants over the next two years.

The Trotter was in the first group of schools back in 2010 to receive the funding — called a School Improvement Grant (SIG)-- under the Obama administration.

Additionally, for each LEA that received a school improvement grant, the SEA must report a list of the schools that were served, their NCES identification numbers, and the amount of funds or value of services each school received.

The differences in math improvements across models might be due to factors other than the model implemented, such as differences between schools that existed before they received grants.

The third special report, Changing the School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and MicGrants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Micgrants in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan.

Nationally, 27 percent of the schools that have received federal school improvement grants have lost 20 percent or more of their students in recent years, according to a Catalyst Chicago analysis of federal data.

Select a locality for approved applications from local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving School Improvement Grants (SIG) beginning with federal fiscal year 2009.

The first was a quantitative analysis of student academic outcomes, comparing results for schools that received federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to similar schools in the same districts that did not.

This year, most of those schools in every state received substantial federal School Improvement Grants, often a million dollars over three years, with the expectation that they will be «turned around» or made into much better schools.

Nolt emphasized that the study focused on schools that received School Improvement Grants money between 2010 and 2013.

Test scores, graduation rates and college enrollment were no different in schools that received money through the School Improvement Grants program — the largest federal investment ever targeted to failing schools — than in schools that did not.

The School Improvement Grants program has been around since the administration of President George W. Bush, but it received an enormous boost under Obama.

Less effective School Improvement Grants (SIG) schools were more likely to report that the support they received from either state or local entities emphasized grant compliance, auditing requirements, or job protection.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that five states will receive more than $ 85 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that 10 states will receive more than $ 95 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that six states and the District of Columbia will receive more than $ 38 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through new awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that seven states will receive over $ 43.4 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Since last school year, West Seattle has narrowed the achievement gap due in part to receiving a School Improvement Grant (SIG).

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Louisiana will receive $ 67.6 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Idaho will receive approximately $ 5.2 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest achieving schools through the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Ross C. Santy, director of EdFacts, told state and district officials who attended a National Center for Education Statistics conference in Washington, D.C., last week they would still have to report student achievement data to receive federal funding, like Title I and school improvement grants.

A newsletter issued by the Teaching Schools Council South West in March, however, suggests that the boards will have a say which schools will receive grants from the new # 140 million strategic school improvement fund.

A significant number of schools that received School Improvement Grants — as many as half — were not included in the analysis for a variety of reasons, including missing data, the schools were shut down or the state tests were changed, making it impossible to compare scores over time.

The average high school graduation rate also increased for schools that received School Improvement Grants (SIG).

At issue is roughly $ 1.3 million in federal School Improvement Grants, money earmarked for turnaround efforts that the schools received last year.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Washington will receive more than $ 50 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

In fiscal year 2009, states received a total of $ 3.5 billion for the School Improvement Grant program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Florida will receive $ 170.2 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Washington will receive $ 7.8 million to continue efforts to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the Department's School Improvement Grant (SIG) progra.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Indiana will receive $ 9.3 million to turn around more of its persistently lowest - achieving schools through the U.S. Education Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Thursday that California would receive $ 69 million this year as its share of the School Improvement Grant program - money aimed at restructuring the state's lowest performing schools.

Roberts was one of four schools in the district to receive $ 2 million in federal funding from a School Improvement Grant.

In Dayton, Ohio, three schools — Dunbar High School, Belmont High School and Meadowdale High School — received federal School Improvement Grant funds.