Sentences with phrase «neighborhoods grant competitions»

Programs facing the chopping block include the aforementioned School Improvement Grants, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and the Obama administration's favored Race to the Top, Investing in Innovation, and Promise Neighborhoods grant competitions.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan thanked the commission for its recommendations and indicated that the department could build on its work to marshal resources from across federal agencies to serve «zones of poverty» through efforts similar to the Promise Neighborhoods grant competition.