Sentences with phrase «new federal grant»

New federal grant expands initiative to increase PhD student diversity beyond the life sciences.

That's the quandary facing the Department of Education, which is reviewing why many eligible students seem not to have taken advantage of two new federal grant programs that help high - performing students from low - income backgrounds pay for college.

The «lowest achieving» designation made T.C. eligible for new federal grants designed to help underperforming schools undergo a «transformation.»

Pew's analysis of the survey data revealed five top - level findings that state leaders should consider when deciding how to improve the efficacy and efficiency of home visiting investments and in preparing to deploy new federal grant dollars.

The new federal grant to study the effectiveness of preschool programs in Boston Public Schools will provide evidence of what should be sustained and changed to ensure positive outcomes for young children,» Payzant said.

The availability of the new federal grants «is pushing people to say and do things simply because everybody is desperate for resources,» said Ms. Weingarten, whose union represents 1.4 million members.

NSBA urges Congress to create a new federal grant program to help support high - quality preschool programs for all children whose families wish them to attend.

The district is using a team - building initiative called Organization Health, and a new federal grant, Teacher School Leaders, to build certificate and microcredential opportunities for staff, for example.

«This new federal grant not only meets a critical need in the state of Illinois, but provides important opportunities for our students,» said UIS Chancellor Susan J. Koch.