This waiver would extend the time period in which funds for new
SIG awards could be utilized and thus school improvement efforts carried out.
The SEA must also collect and report school - level data on nine leading indicators and eight achievement indicators for any Tier I or Tier II school that receives
a SIG award.
These rules require state educational agencies (SEA) to report a list of the local education agencies (LEA), including their NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) identification numbers, that received
a SIG award under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amount of the grant.
On a composite measure of their responses, there was no evident change in teacher - reported support after year one of
the SIG award, but by the second year, SIG teachers reported significant increases in support (0.26 standard deviations) that grew even greater by in the third year (0.41 standard deviations).
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We compared the performance of
SIG schools to the performance of schools that applied for
SIG (and were eligible) but didn't receive
awards.
Last month Mehta received the American Education Research Association's Emerging Scholar
Award by the Educational Change
SIG of AERA.
In the fall of 2009, ED released the FY 2009
SIG application for states to run a competition to
award a first cohort of
SIG schools.
The FY 2011 application was released in the fall of 2011 and will be used by some states to
award a third cohort of
SIG schools, while others will use the funds to make continuation
awards to previously funded
SIG schools.
The FY 2010 application was released in the fall of 2010 to
award a second cohort of
SIG schools.
The Obama administration was able to
award $ 3 billion in
SIG grants
Outstanding Middle Level Education Research
Award was established to recognize
SIG members who make significant contributions to middle level education research through the publication of an article, book chapter, monograph, book, or book series.
Richard «Dick» Lipka Lifetime Achievement
Award The Richard «Dick» Lipka Lifetime Achievement
Award is the highest honor that can be
awarded by the MLER
SIG.
The Richard «Dick» Lipka Lifetime Achievement
Award is the highest honor that can be
awarded by the MLER
SIG.
Dr. Newcomb also received the 2011 Social Justice Teaching
Award from the Leadership for Social Justice
SIG of the American Educational Research Association «for work that represents exemplary commitment to teaching that promotes social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the field of educational administration.»
Her most recent book, Race - ing Moral Formation: African American Perspectives on Care and Justice (co-edited with John Snarey), received the 2006 Outstanding Book
Award from the Moral Development and Education AERA
SIG.
While at the LDOE, she also served as the lead for Louisiana's Round III Race to the Top application and supported efforts resulting in
awarding of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the US Department of Education School Improvement Grant (
SIG).
Like
SIG, the set - aside may be used to conduct a grant competition and permits an
award for up to four years, which may include a planning year.
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.
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
awards SIG grants via a competition for qualifying schools that demonstrate the greatest need and longest commitment to substantially raise student achievement.
The Dept. of Education
awarded $ 427 million in School Improvement Grants (
SIG) to «help turn around America's persistently lowest - achieving schools.»
The
award is named for Dick Lipka who is the founding father and guiding force in the MLER
SIG.
The Richard «Dick» Lipka Lifetime Achievement
Award is the highest honor that can be
awarded by the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group (MLER
SIG).
The Department of Education has invited states and schools who were
awarded a School Improvement Grant (
SIG) to take some extra time to figure out the most crucial component: teacher evaluation.
An additional six schools were
awarded SIG grants in August and are in their first year of the grant.
Funding that isn't released will go back into the state's
SIG program and
awarded to other schools, he said.
Six more Colorado schools were
awarded federal
SIG grants in August — Schenk, Ford and Smith elementaries and West High in Denver; Sheridan Middle in Sheridan; Mesa R - 5 High in Grand Junction
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that nine states will receive more than $ 71 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through
awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (
SIG) program.
Mount View is one of 20 schools in West Virginia that has received a part of $ 28.5 million in School Improvement Grants (
SIG)
awarded to the state by the Education Department during the past three years to turn around schools and improve student achievement.
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SIG presents the Dr. Anne Richardson Gayles - Felton Travel
Award The ATE Multicultural Education
SIG will fund two stipends at $ 100 each.
Award recipients will be expected to attend
SIG activities.
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE)
awarded three Indiana schools the Federal Title 1 School Improvement Grant (
SIG) 1003 (g) aimed at turning around the state's lowest performing schools.
The
awards are from the $ 535 million designated for the
SIG program in the FY11 budget, and they range from Illinois's $ 23.6 million to North Dakota's $ 1.2 million.
The Department of Education has released School Improvement Grant (
SIG) data (PDF) from the 2010 — 11 school year that includes analysis of the eligible and
awarded schools.
The department also released
Awards 2011 — 2013 for School Improvement Fund (MS Excel), which provides information about which schools received
SIG funds in 2010 — 11, 2011 — 12, and 2012 — 13, and which model each school used.
He is a committee member of the American Educational Research Association Teachers» Work / Teacher Unions Special Interest Group (including past Programme Chair), and he currently chairs the
SIG's Best Thesis
Award Panel.
She received her university's Outstanding Professor
award, was a finalist for the Senior Research Award given by the American Education Research Association, Second Language SIG, and was inducted into the California Reading Hall of
award, was a finalist for the Senior Research
Award given by the American Education Research Association, Second Language SIG, and was inducted into the California Reading Hall of
Award given by the American Education Research Association, Second Language
SIG, and was inducted into the California Reading Hall of Fame.
All six schools were
awarded 2010
SIG funds.
Last year, the Department
awarded $ 1.63 million in
SIG funding to Washburn Elementary School.
In 2010, Romulus Middle School was
awarded one of Michigan's largest School Improvement Grants (
SIG), $ 5.3 million over three years.
Schools that are
awarded a School Improvement Grant (
SIG) must dramatically improve academic performance, demonstrate adequate yearly progress and boost test scores.
West Seattle Elementary was among the lowest performing 5 % of schools in the nation and was
awarded a federal
SIG to improve student achievement.
In September 2011, the VDOE requested a federal waiver of the timeline for Cohort I and II schools implementing a transformation model to develop and implement a teacher and principal evaluation system in their first year of the
SIG (School Improvement Grant)
award.