Sentences with phrase «school models grant»

To build on the success and insights gained from the Breakthrough School Models grant and accelerate New Designs for Schools, NGLC joined with regional incubators to kick off the Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools in September 2013.

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The new model grants flexibility within DI to schools in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac - 12 and SEC.

In my review of the show, I'd criticized Jamie Oliver in a big way for failing to tell viewers that Carpinteria High, the school he held up as a model for excellent food (and it did look fantastic, no question about it), was the recipient of a generous grant from the Orfalea Foundation which assisted with staff training, the purchase of kitchen equipment and the planting and maintenance of the school garden.

He proposed a new program for distributing education funds modeled on President Barack Obama's state competitions that will grant awards based on school performance and administrative efficiencies.

Paterson rejected nearly $ 200 million in member items, including $ 5,000 grants promised to Central New York non-profit groups like the Onondaga Oswego Chapter of the Red Cross and the North Syracuse Babe Ruth League, and bigger amounts for Syracuse University, the Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club, the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Jubilee Homes and several libraries and schools.

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Barnett says he hopes the PNC grants will improve that situation by giving school district the opportunity to «see what works» and then to scale up successful models.

On the heels of its last effort to seed 20 new secondary school models, NGLC's Wave IV $ 12 million grant program has two components to it.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

But he believes the traditional arguments used to defend loose - coupling will grow weaker with time — particularly as market - model voucher systems, capitation grants, and charter schools take hold.

Innovation Fund grant to support work on a School Happiness Index, a new metric that schools and districts could use that is conceptually modeled after the Global Happiness Index now being used by the United Nations.

In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

During that time they have seen a lot of change in terms of the curriculum and support needs of schools, as well as having to adapt to the challenges of moving from a grant funded model to a full cost recovery traded service providing services for schools in Havering and beyond.

Mason attends Richmond Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, a school that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool in Portland, Oregon, a school that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaschool that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language learning.

The financing strategy, which includes start - up grants to new schools of up to $ 500,000, «helps schools start smaller, so they can start good,» says Chris Bender, who also believes that the smart leveraging of small amounts of money is what makes the BCF model replicable.

Spencer Foundation — Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grant (2001 - 2002) Principal Investigator A Project to Design and Assess a Sustainable and Replicable Model of Teacher Research at City on a Hill Charter Public High School in Boston, Massachusetts, was a two - year research project that analyzed the effect of a whole - school initiative to instruct teachers in research methods and implement a teacher research component for faculty and intern teachers at the sSchool in Boston, Massachusetts, was a two - year research project that analyzed the effect of a whole - school initiative to instruct teachers in research methods and implement a teacher research component for faculty and intern teachers at the sschool initiative to instruct teachers in research methods and implement a teacher research component for faculty and intern teachers at the schoolschool.

Under the three - year grants, the researchers are expected to develop models for how children learn in subjects ranging from 1st - grade arithmetic to high - school history.

The U.S. Department of Education has finalized its rules governing $ 3.5 billion in school improvement grants for states and districts, making only small changes despite criticism that its four models for turning around the nation's worst schools are too prescriptive.

FLVS has helped districts create a variety of blended - learning models; it was recently awarded one of the Next Generation Learning Challenges planning grants for breakthrough school models.

If passed and signed into law, the program would provide grants to schools to implement proven models for restructuring.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

There are a lot of programs now that are being funded by small grants and what have you that are all about finding some of those mentors, some of those role models, and making them available and accessible, getting them into schools, having them as a resource for teachers to draw from — it's quite exciting actually when you see a lot of the things happening.

The instructional model, Every Child Ready, was developed in - house by AppleTree Institute, the charter school's research - focused sister organization, using funding from an Investing in Innovation (i3) grant.

It became the model for the federal grants and loans that today follow 58 percent of America's college students to the schools of their choice.

This study's analysis of the effect of receiving a SIG grant on student outcomes looked at fewer than 200 of those schools, all of which implemented a SIG - funded model in 2010 - 11.

AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional sSchool, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional sschool that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.

It is the model for the federal grants and loans that today follow 58 percent of America's college students to the schools of their choice.

The funding model for this academy helped by putting in start - up grants, and the best way I can describe these is to say they provided for the management of a larger school in the early days of start - up, and that was essential to turn the corner.

The first grant opportunity for Breakthrough School Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mSchool Models for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mModels for College Readiness launched in October 2011 and awarded grant funding to 20 districts and charter school operators developing new, whole school mschool operators developing new, whole school mschool modelsmodels.

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.

Other recent work includes developing a school funding model to simulate the impact of student - based budgeting at the state level, evaluating a rural school grant, and providing strategic and research support for a nonprofit working to build the supply of great public schools in a Western state.

Teams will receive grants of up to $ 150,000 and will receive supports such as community - building, coaching, and content and skills learning experiences to foster their school model planning.

Assistance from City Year Corps, which provides schools with tutors, mentors and role models, is funded through the federal School Improvement Grant program.

In the planning grant opportunity, teams from across the Commonwealth will be supported for more than a year with coaching, professional development, and a professional learning community to plan their whole - school redesigned or new school models, accompanied by planning grants of up to $ 150,000.

School leaders must be granted authority over spending and staffing and be free to choose or create innovative and varied school mSchool leaders must be granted authority over spending and staffing and be free to choose or create innovative and varied school mschool models.

Winner of a Gates - funded Next Generation Learning Challenges grant (and discussed in an NGLC blog), Cornerstone Charter Health High School is a Carpe Diem - like flex model featuring Apex curriculum.

We make grants to promising entrepreneurs developing digital products and services that enable broader adoption of innovative school models.

As David Ferrero commented, «We probably wouldn't have considered a grant to KIPP [the Knowledge Is Power Program, a middle - school model for disadvantaged youth that is anything but progressive] in 2001, but by 2004 we gave it $ 8 million.»

Passed by Congress in 1997, it provided about $ 150 million for competitive grants to aid schools in adopting «proven» whole - school reform models.

In 2002, the school was selected as one of five in the United States to participate in the federal Model Laptop Program, and received a $ 620,000 grant.

As national leadership development strategist for NYCLA, Gutierrez works to build leadership capacity with current and aspiring principal supervisors in 12 states across the U.S.. Also a national leadership development strategist, Polo - McKenna splits her time between coaching school leaders and leadership teams nationally and working on the federal i3 grant - funded Teaming Model project, which pairs aspiring principals and assistant principals and places them as teams in struggling New York schools.

Harrisburg, Pa — Pennsylvania Gov. Richard Thornburgh's attempt to establish a state education block grant, modeled after the Reagan Administration's block grants, has touched off a heated partisan political controversy, deepened the rift between the Governor and the state's largest teachers» organization, and led to demands that Governor Thornburgh fire the chief state school officer.

Pilot Schools First launched at 10 LA school sites in 2007 with the support of UTLA and modeled after namesake schools in Boston, the Pilot School model is based on granting local sites autonomy in terms of budget, staffing, governance and currSchools First launched at 10 LA school sites in 2007 with the support of UTLA and modeled after namesake schools in Boston, the Pilot School model is based on granting local sites autonomy in terms of budget, staffing, governance and currischool sites in 2007 with the support of UTLA and modeled after namesake schools in Boston, the Pilot School model is based on granting local sites autonomy in terms of budget, staffing, governance and currschools in Boston, the Pilot School model is based on granting local sites autonomy in terms of budget, staffing, governance and curriSchool model is based on granting local sites autonomy in terms of budget, staffing, governance and curriculum.

Prior to joining NCTR, Carrie supported School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools, which rank among the lowest 5 % of performing schools in the state, to implement the transformation model for school improvSchool Improvement Grant (SIG) schools, which rank among the lowest 5 % of performing schools in the state, to implement the transformation model for school improvschool improvement.

We put up with all of this because, as charter schools, we're granted the autonomy to provide educational services in a way that makes sense to us, and we are free to experiment with new models and create the innovative, exciting public schools to which folks in our communities want to send their kids.

Massachusetts also funded a grant program ($ 200,000) to support pilot programs as models for creating safe and supportive schools.

The purpose of the Charter School Grants Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nSchool Grants Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nschool model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nation.

Following a charter school model, principals in the state - run New Orleans schools will have the independence to recruit and hire their own teachers and academic support staff, and control the use of federal Title I grant money, beginning next school year.

The U.S. Department of Education enthusiastically announced at the end of November that 730 schools had begun implementing one of its four «School Improvement Grant» models, using some of the $ 3.5 billion the feds are giving away to make the fixes...

PEFNC outlined here that upon passage of a 2012 bill that would grant state tax credits for donations to tax - exempt scholarship - granting organizations that would fund scholarships for low - income students to use at private schools, PEFNC would administer that scholarship program, which was modeled after a program in Florida called Step Up For Students.