Sentences with phrase «competitive grant programs»

The Tennessee Arts Commission sub-grants NEA funds to Tennessee nonprofit organizations through its annual competitive grant programs.

Artis» highly competitive Grant Programs support artists and projects that emphasize innovation, experimentation, cultural exchange, and artistic excellence.

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Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education has promoted charter school expansion through competitive grant programs like Race to the Top (RTT), the Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund, and the Charter School Program's Replication and Expansion for High - Quality Charter Schools grant.64

Duncan's policies, which have often relied on competitive grant programs, but he disagrees with Duncan's prescriptive turnaround plans — currently in effect in districts that have taken federal School Improvement Grants.

Sen. Jack Reed (D - R.I.) also took issue with Duncan's competitions, calling such initiatives «untested, large - scale competitive grant programs» employed «at the expense of some proven research - based programs.»

States should also leverage competitive grant programs with rigorous review processes to ensure that funds are allocated first to districts most likely to use them well, while giving other districts time to develop and demonstrate similarly strong plans, evidence, and commitment.

Carr also explained that local school districts aggressively engage in competitive grant programs because in a time of austerity, it's imperative they find other revenue streams to support the needs of their traditional public schools.

Support schools by creating competitive grant programs to incentivize schools and districts to adopt non-punitive approaches, such as restorative justice.

Although we appreciate the $ 300 million in new Title I funds to reward successful schools, we are concerned about a significant shift in support toward competitive grant programs and away from the formula programs, notably Title I and IDEA, which provide the vast amount of federal support for K — 12 schools and students.

Two multi-billion-dollar competitive grant programs are a big part of the legacy left by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, pictured here in a 2014 visit to a D.C. school.

«For this reason, ESEA should not divert substantial federal resources into competitive grant programs.

They share concerns that President Obama's FY13 budget request emphasizes funding for new competitive grant programs at the expense of investments in cornerstone federal K — 12 programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Supporting schools by creating competitive grant programs to incentivize schools and districts to adopt non-punitive approaches, such as restorative justice.

The decision three years ago by President Barack Obama to not push for a budget for 2010 - 2011, a move to which Democrats who controlled all of Congress at the time had acquiesced (even as it was clear that the party would lose control of the federal lower house), has resulted in sequestration - triggered budget cuts that denies the administration funding it can leverage through competitive grant programs such as Race to the Top in order to force states to fulfill their promises under the waiver.

Our focus needs to be on restoring funding for those programs and services, not on additional competitive grant programs that don't serve all children.»

But Duncan can also leverage his competitive grant programs — including Race to the Top — for this purpose by requiring additional data collection to be a condition of gaining those funds.

As with the No Child reauthorization plan put together by Alexander, Kline's proposal would restrict the Obama Administration and its successors from requiring states to implement high - quality curricula standards or specific accountability systems as condition of receiving Title 1 dollars or funds from competitive grant programs such as Race to the Top.

New York state's Socioeconomic Integration Pilot Program, for example, provides grants of up to $ 1.25 million to schools that use socioeconomic integration to increase student performance in the state's lowest performing schools.118 Also, states can incentivize charter school diversity through competitive grant programs such as the Charter Schools Program State Educational Agencies competition.119

He also pressed for innovation by implementing competitive grant programs, such as Race to the Top and Inventing in Innovation (i.e., «i3»).

Competitive grant programs do not weaken local leadership.

If Congress can not help itself and must promote particular reforms, it should do it via competitive grant programs rather than universal mandates and formulas.

For instance, thoughtfully crafted competitive grant programs, like the Teacher Incentive Fund, CAN move the reform ball down the field.

Everything else will be left on the cutting room floor — specific requirements about interventions in failing schools; mandates around teacher evaluations or «highly qualified teachers»; competitive grant programs a la Race to the Top.

These programs replace several smaller competitive grant programs and support similar activities.

There's some rumblings that Republicans want to strip i3 and other competitive grant programs.

Properly designed competitive grant programs provide an opportunity for Congress to target resources at federal priorities and encourage innovative problem - solving while avoiding federal mandates.

The program is a hybrid: it gives formula grants to states, but to receive their share of funds (fixed amounts calculated by a formula tied to the states» levels of need) states had to submit applications specifying in detail how they would set up competitive grant programs for their districts aimed at helping low - performing, high - poverty schools improve reading instruction in grades K — 3.

A natural federal role is to provide resources to support such varied efforts through formula funding or competitive grant programs.

Federal bureaucrats would do well to focus on targeted competitive grant programs to encourage the adoption of their desired policies in places that really want to pursue them.

Rather than keeping its focus on competitive grant programs like RTT or TIF, the Obama administration sought to apply its ideas everywhere.

Regardless, four of these five are competitive grant programs (not formula programs), something the administration evidently wants to be remembered for advancing — and for which it deserves credit.

Given the statute's scope, today's debate could include countless issues, such as possible changes to Title II rules on educator effectiveness, the expansion of the charter school grant program, the introduction of a private school choice initiative, reconsideration of competitive grant programs (RTTT, TIF, i3), and much more.

It is seeking to protect and plus - up a few key competitive grant programs.

Its signature competitive grant programs require states to ease restrictions on charter schools.

She also kept a handful of competitive grant programs alive, including one for magnet schools.

He also, unexpectedly, made the case for the continuation of the Race to the Top approach of federal incentives for state - level reforms (presumably via competitive grant programs).

Recognized for his brilliance and entrepreneurship, Dr. Pomerantz, will lead a high - intensity laser facility currently being built at the university, with seed funds raised from the university and from competitive grant programs.

Cuomo proposed $ 25 million for competitive grant programs, which includes $ 20 million to establish a fund to supplement high - performing teachers» salaries and $ 5 million to expand early college high schools throughout the state.

But other housing authorities have received money from the state through competitive grant programs.

The IPT grant program is a competitive grant program focusing on innovative and effective investor education and protection programs delivered at the local, State and regional level.

Although the National School Lunch Program received $ 100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and $ 25 million from fiscal 2010 appropriations, this funding, which is allocated through a competitive grants program, represents a fraction of what school districts need to upgrade their kitchen equipment and infrastructure and to adequately train staff.

This competitive grant program supports states with the interest and ability to expand and / or improve their evidence - based home visiting programs to ultimately ensure better outcomes for children and families living in at - risk communities.

If elected, Faso has proposed to establish a competitive grant program at the federal level to fund qualified nonprofits that provide peer - to - peer counseling services to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other trauma.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program.

He listed the following as Regents» achievements: winning $ 700 million through the federal Race To The Top competitive grant program, raising standards, achieving a significant new investment in pre-kindergarten and increasing graduation rates.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday rolled out a sweeping plan to help revitalize the state's economy, complete with an ad campaign and competitive grant program designed to spark innovation.

A bill that would provide direct state funding to museums through a competitive grant program is gaining ground in the Legislature.

The proposal also builds on Governor Cuomo's pre-K competitive grant program initiated this year, which will provide full - day programs to several thousand additional 4 - year - olds.

Ball has also co-sponsored a bill to ditch the Common Core altogether, along with the federal competitive grant program Race To The Top, which is President Obama's signature education initiative.