Sentences with phrase «education grant designed»

We at Magnet Schools of America hope that when the Trump administration release a more detailed version of this budget, it will include critical $ 200 million in funding for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program — the only federal education grant designed specifically to promote innovation, choice and diversity in the classroom.

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After completing her master's degree in alternative education, she wrote and received a grant to design and implement a middle school...
Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.
SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.
The STEM Education Fund Grant Program is designed for activities or plans that are ready to implement but are lacking the final piece of the puzzle to take these projects from the planning stage to implementation.
Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the unit was designed in collaboration with curriculum developers at the nonprofit Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS).
Still other grants are designed to benefit specific audiences — rural communities, continuing education for medical professionals, K - 12 teachers, or students, for example — that may or may not be your intended target.
This year's instructors — Grant Brown, Greg Lang, and Elçin Ünal — have designed a course (July 24 — August 13) that provides a comprehensive education in all things yeast, from classical genetics through up - to - the - minute genomics.
July 14, 2015 Ci3 awarded $ 1.2 M NIH grant to boost STEM, health literacy among urban teens The Game Changer Chicago Design Lab (GCC Design Lab), a signature program for the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago, has received a five - year, $ 1.2 million federal grant to investigate gameplay and game design as a way to enhance science and health education for minority gDesign Lab (GCC Design Lab), a signature program for the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago, has received a five - year, $ 1.2 million federal grant to investigate gameplay and game design as a way to enhance science and health education for minority gDesign Lab), a signature program for the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago, has received a five - year, $ 1.2 million federal grant to investigate gameplay and game design as a way to enhance science and health education for minority gdesign as a way to enhance science and health education for minority groups.
The next year, he taught animation and Web design to twenty students and received a $ 50,000 grant from the state Board of Education to create a Web site, complete with streaming video.
Key school leaders and teachers gathered data, input, and reflections from school - based teams, and used this information to design the content for the grant that ultimately led to program funding from the Massachusetts Department of Education.
Currently I am a Principal Investigator of Project ESCOLAR (Etext Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading) a five year grant funded by the Office of Special education Programs (OSEP) to develop, test, evaluate, refine, and disseminate Collaborative Online Projects designed to support academic reading of science content for middle school students with learning disabilities.
If approved, the proposal — called the Knowledge Utilization in Education Act — would provide yet - to - be-determined sums of money for grants designed both to whet and to feed educators» appetites for what experts in the field are calling «usable» educational research.
Art and design as a subject on the curriculum, (with craft tacit rather than explicit within its content) is generally taken for granted as an entitlement for children and young people in formal education.
That grant, managed jointly by the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, resulted in the development of a number of programs designed to provide students with the means to achieve economic independence and to provide employers with a competent and competitive workforce.
Key members of the House education committee are drafting legislation that would fold 11 federal education programs, including major initiatives such as Goals 2000, into a $ 1.4 billion block grant designed to spur reforms.
The law had made Nevada ineligible to apply for President Obama's «race to the top» education grants, designed to spur innovation in the classroom.
Currently, she is the principal investigator of an experimental evaluation of the 4Rs Program — a universal school - based intervention designed to integrate social - emotional learning and literacy development — funded by National Institute of Mental Health, the Institute for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, as well as by the William T. Grant Foundation.
Coverage in Education Week of learning through innovative designs for school innovation is supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York at www.carnegie.org.
Equitable Services = Specific, Effective & Allowable The intent of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is that districts use their federal grant dollars to design programs and services that meet the individual needs of teachers and students in non-public schools.
The Commissioner is authorized to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation of short - term or regular session institutes for special training designed to improve the ability of teachers, supervisors, counselors, and other elementary or secondary school personnel to deal effectively with special educational problems occasioned by desegregation.
Except as otherwise provided for State test or examination requirements pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section, the commissioner may grant variances from the provisions of this Part upon a finding that a variance will enable a school to implement a program designed to provide excellence in education.
Beginning with the leadership of Russ Whitehurst at the Institute of Education Sciences, IES has begun shifting its grants and contracts away from correlational studies like Coleman's and toward those that evaluate interventions with random - assignment and other quasi-experimental designs.
HHS may also award renewal grants to enable states to continue these activities as well as award subgrants to early education programs designed to benefit low - income and disadvantaged children.
The course was designed collaboratively with support and expertise from Michigan Association for College Admissions Counseling, Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, counselor educators from Michigan universities, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Department of Treasury — Student Scholarships and Grants, Michigan School Counselor Association, and the Michigan Student Financial Aid Association.
With the approval of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), Wisconsin legislators this week approved a decidedly tepid package of legislation supposedly designed to help the state win a Race To The Top grant.
Under this plan, state education agencies would be granted flexibility in meeting certain NCLB requirements in exchange for «rigorous State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction» (Department of Education, Octobeducation agencies would be granted flexibility in meeting certain NCLB requirements in exchange for «rigorous State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction» (Department of Education, OctobEducation, October 2011).
Title II, Part D State and Local Technology Grants Designed to help all students become technologically literate by the 8th grade and encourage the use of technology to promote parent and family involvement in education and communications among students, parents, and district staff.
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A Look Ahead At The 2016 Session January 4, 2016 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge During the past four years, the state legislature adopted a number of student - centered education reforms designed to provide accountability, transparency, and most importantly, new education options for families.
He has pushed for state - of - the - art learning environments — breaking ground on a $ 230 million project to build two new high schools, and securing a $ 3.5 million grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to design student - centered, blended instruction.
The trust's Education Entrepreneur Fellowship has granted seven project grants of about $ 250,000 each to help people design, build and launch new local educational ventures, inspiring proposals from more than 48 states and 31 countries, Harris said.
Callen: Poll shows Mississippians want school choice Grant Callen, Guest Columnist, January 10, 2016 Over the past four years, our state Legislature has adopted a handful of key reforms designed to strengthen our education system by providing students with new education options and taxpayers with more accountability and transparency.
The Recovery Act provided $ 4.35 billion for the Race to the Top Fund, a grant program designed to reward states for education reform.
These awards mark the third round of CityBridge Education's Breakthrough Schools: D.C. school design challenge, a grant competition that challenges schools across D.C. to fundamentally rethink school.
As a result of a 6 - year curriculum reform and dissemination grants from the Federal Department of Education and 4 - year grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, he and his colleagues have designed an institution - wide Music - in - Education Concentration for students of all majors and created a Research Center at New England Conservatory.
Later this week, the Department of Education will release non-regulatory guidance on one part of ESSA, a new grant program designed to help schools and communities provide students with access to a well - rounded education, to create safe and supportive school environments, and to improve the use of teEducation will release non-regulatory guidance on one part of ESSA, a new grant program designed to help schools and communities provide students with access to a well - rounded education, to create safe and supportive school environments, and to improve the use of teeducation, to create safe and supportive school environments, and to improve the use of technology.
The Virginia Department of Education — supported by a $ 1.1 million grant from the Hewlett Foundation — is developing resources and regional and statewide professional learning opportunities to help school divisions develop the capacity to design performance - based assessments and provide instruction that supports deeper learning.
The Rural Education Initiative is designed to address the unique needs of small, rural local education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended Education Initiative is designed to address the unique needs of small, rural local education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.
This grant was designed to help prepare students for a world that requires critical thinking skills, technological savviness, and collaborative capabilities that special education students often struggle to attain through traditional instruction.
These grants are designed to advance the capacity of partner organizations across the state to become leading voices in education advocacy efforts, especially on behalf of communities and students of color.
Another competitive education grant program from the Obama administration — this one designed to overhaul the teaching profession — has state and local policymakers concerned about equity and flexibility.
The Girls Build LA Initiative will also award grants to 50 teams of eight to 10 girls around the county for designing projects that address problems affect their education and communities.
Duerr applied for and received a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant through the United States Department of Education, designed to provide academic enrichment for students during nonschool hours and focused specifically on high - poverty, low - performing schools.
The Dept. of Education released a new set of guidelines for grant programs designed to provide student support under ESSA.
GPS Fund Grants, established by NEA members in 2013, are designed to help enhance the education profession and promote student success.
The course was designed collaboratively with support and expertise from Michigan Association for College Admissions Counseling, Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, counselor educators from Michigan universities, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Department of Treasury — Student Scholarships and Grants Division, Michigan School Counselor Association, the Michigan Student Financial Aid Association, and the Southern Regional Education Board — Go Alliance.
Grant Callen, Clarion Ledger Guest Columnist, January 10, 2016 Over the past four years, our state Legislature has adopted a handful of key reforms designed to strengthen our education system by providing students with new education options and taxpayers with more accountability and transparency.
Jay McTighe is an education writer and consultant who co-authored the Understanding by Design series with Grant Wiggins.
The U.S. Department of Education kicked off the Validation and Scale - Up grant competitions that are part of its $ 150 million 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) program, which is designed to help school districts and nonprofit and school partnerships implement innovative ideas that improve student learning.
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