Sentences with phrase «federal school improvement grant money»

In the midst of such privation, School 4 is in its second year of getting an extra $ 2 million in federal School Improvement Grant money on top of a roughly $ 4 million budget.

PCAPS Coordinator Ron Whitehorne outlined the strategy for getting 10 % of Philadelphia Schools to be Sustainable Community Schools in four years, focusing on the demand that federal School Improvement Grant money be used exclusively for that purpose.

Glenda Ritz, left, answers questions about federal School Improvement Grant money at the June State Board of Education meeting.

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The superintendent gave her an ultimatum to sign a fraudulent federal grant application for school lunch facility improvements when he planned to use the money for athletic facilities or quit.

In the past, school improvement grant money had come with little to no strong direction from the federal government, and never with so much funding attached.

In 2009, the federal government overhauled the Title I School Improvement Grant program, increased its value to $ 3.5 billion with money from the recovery act, and spelled out four turnaround options from which perennially failing schools would have to choose to get a share of the funding.

Test scores, graduation rates and college enrollment were no different in schools that received money through the School Improvement Grants program — the largest federal investment ever targeted to failing schools — than in schools that did not.

Without federal school improvement dollars — Washington has exhausted its grant, writes Elliott — there isn't money to pay a lead partner.

At issue is roughly $ 1.3 million in federal School Improvement Grants, money earmarked for turnaround efforts that the schools received last year.

The Obama administration has used federal money for the Teacher Incentive Fund, Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant program to encourage policymakers in states and districts to adopt new teacher evaluations that incorporate student test scores, despite the controversy surrounding them.

Only one federal program — the School Improvement Grant program — provides money specifically to establish extended learning time in schools.

The report released in December by A + Denver said nearly a third of schools awarded School Improvement Grants during the first three years of the program are performing worse than prior to receiving the federal money.

The administration has also allocated federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) money for «persistently low - performing» schools adopting the Transformation model, which requires an overhaul of current teacher evaluation practices.

As part of the federal stimulus package of 2009, Congress provided jumbo - sized School Improvement Grant money to states in exchange for commitments to identify and restructure their most academically troubled schools.