Glendale won a three - year
federal School Improvement Grant with a faculty - approved plan that boosts the rigor of curriculum, extends class time, fosters parental engagement and community partnerships, and increases teacher development — all with staff input and collaboration between the faculty, administration and district.
Not exact matches
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.
With thousands of public
schools facing the end of their three - year
School Improvement Grants from the
federal government, what is being done to prevent backsliding from any progress made?
It's how you end up
with exciting victories like the
federal School Improvement Grant program, the Common Core, or teacher evaluation reform, that look a lot less victorious in hindsight.
Josh Dunn talks
with Education Next about continuing efforts by New York City Chancellor Joel Klein to close chronically failing
schools — despite a ruling by a state court that the closings could not proceed — using a
federal School Improvement Grant.
Then there was the massive
federal School Improvement Grant program, Arne Duncan and President Obama's $ 7 billion effort to tell us what to do
with failing
schools.
The latest study of the
federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program appears to confirm Smarick's view, which he declared
with chest - beating glee in a post on the EdNext blog.
The third special report, Changing the
School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mic
School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many
Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mi
Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mi
Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mic
Grants, examines the positive changes in
school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mic
school climate experienced by six case study
schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mi
schools that received the
federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mi
federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mic
grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan.
Education Week, the Education Writers Association and The Hechinger Report partnered
with 18 news outlets in 16 states to investigate how $ 3 billion in
federal School Improvement Grants are being used to revitalize some of the nation's lowest - performing
schools.
Changing the
School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many
Schools with Federal Improvement Grants (PDF format, 180 KB)
Assistance from City Year Corps, which provides
schools with tutors, mentors and role models, is funded through the
federal School Improvement Grant program.
The first special report,
Schools with Federal Improvement Grants Face Challenges in Replacing Principals and Teachers, looks at how states, districts, and schools are addressing challenges related to SIG staffing requir
Schools with Federal Improvement Grants Face Challenges in Replacing Principals and Teachers, looks at how states, districts, and
schools are addressing challenges related to SIG staffing requir
schools are addressing challenges related to SIG staffing requirements.
With unprecedented
federal investment in failing
schools through the multi-billion-dollar
School Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround ef
School Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for
school turnaround ef
school turnaround efforts.
Select a locality for approved applications from local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving
School Improvement Grants (SIG) beginning
with federal fiscal year 2009.
The Student - to -
School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2013 will create a pilot demonstration grant program that allows federal assistance for educational agencies at the local level to target schools with the least adequate school nurse to student r
School Nurse Ratio
Improvement Act of 2013 will create a pilot demonstration
grant program that allows
federal assistance for educational agencies at the local level to target
schools with the least adequate
school nurse to student r
school nurse to student ratios.
This year, most of those
schools in every state received substantial
federal School Improvement Grants, often a million dollars over three years,
with the expectation that they will be «turned around» or made into much better
schools.
For help
with navigating
federal legislation, researching
grant deadlines, and making crucial decisions about
school improvements, visit ASCD's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Resources page.
CEC specializes in helping low - performing
schools and their districts to implement comprehensive
improvements, such as those required by the
federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program,
with extensive on - site support.
With help from a
federal School Improvement Grant, programs were put in place like the one - to - one laptop initiative to give each student access to technology.
Such behavior in the realm of absence hardly sounds conducive to
school improvement, and it underscores broader concern
with trust in the research literature on
school improvement and in practical matters such as states» applications for competitive
federal grants under the Race to the Top program.
As the clock ticks down for priority
schools that have received a
federal School Improvement Grant, the emerging question has been sustainability,
with family - community partnerships surfacing as the key component needed to continue the reform work in priority
schools.
The program will combine the assets and expertise of both agencies
with the on - the - ground presence of AmeriCorps members in
schools that are implementing a turnaround effort through the
federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.
The 21st Century Charter
School of Gary is the recipient of a federal school improvement grant, along with the Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys, a Gary Community School Corp. eleme
School of Gary is the recipient of a
federal school improvement grant, along with the Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys, a Gary Community School Corp. eleme
school improvement grant, along
with the Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys, a Gary Community
School Corp. eleme
School Corp. elementary.
While the paper - chase mindset was famously in evidence
with the No Child Left Behind Act and the Obama administration's ineffectual $ 8 billion
federal School Improvement Grant program, perhaps nowhere has it been clearer than it is
with overdue efforts to more effectively evaluate teachers.
With help from a
federal School Improvement Grant, programs were put in place at North — like the one - to - one laptop initiative to give each student access to technology.
Duncan encourages these models
with financial incentives such as
School Improvement grants and Race to the Top, a
federal competition encouraging education reform that Colorado lost.
The
federal School Improvement Grant program has been retired, and under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, districts will have more flexibility along
with a percentage of
federal funds to roll out locally honed strategies for turnaround.
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.
The first of the three special reports,
Schools with Federal School Improvement Grants Face Challenges in Replacing Principals and Teachers, looks at SIG - related staffing requirements.
This article evaluates the tensions
with democratic education inherent in the
federal School Improvement Grant program's market - based school re
School Improvement Grant program's market - based
school re
school reforms.