Sentences with phrase «federal education dollars in»

With the largest single pool of federal education dollars in history flowing to states and school districts, education - related companies have been looking to gain a share of the cash, marketing themselves as uniquely equipped to help with improvement efforts.

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They said they were at risk of losing billions of dollars in federal funding for education if they did not comply.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

In addition, they partner with the Department of Education and schools to service over $ 51 billion dollars in student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan PrograIn addition, they partner with the Department of Education and schools to service over $ 51 billion dollars in student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Prograin student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

However, Prop 42 will go into effect at a time when federal financial aid for education is drying up; there will be fewer dollars for deserving, underprivileged youngsters who have excelled in the classroom, much less for academically marginal athletes.

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal fundinIn the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal fundinin federal funding.

He played an instrumental role in ensuring New York State qualified for, and won, $ 700 million in Federal Race to the Top dollars, a US Department of Education sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 eEducation sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 educationeducation.

Back in 2012, I worked with volunteer firefighters and the Firefighters Association of the State of New York, known as FASNY, to get Erie County included in the HELP (Higher Education Learning Plan) grant, which was paid for with federal dollars.

There must be agreement on the issue in order to free up millions of dollars in federal education that is due to the state, so the governor has threatened to propose his own teacher evaluation system if the talks do not produce a settlement.

FBI agents and Rockland district attorney's office investigators fanned out across Ramapo today with search warrants demanding that vendors provide records and account for equipment allegedly bought by religious schools with millions in federal education technology dollars.

According to an analysis by the New York City Comptroller's office, DOE failed to recoup a cumulative $ 356 million in federal Medicaid dollars for eligible special education services just between fiscal years 2012 and 2014.

In his presentation, Bloomberg blamed shortfalls in expected state education dollars and a reduction in federal education aid for the layoffIn his presentation, Bloomberg blamed shortfalls in expected state education dollars and a reduction in federal education aid for the layoffin expected state education dollars and a reduction in federal education aid for the layoffin federal education aid for the layoffs.

In 2013, over 5 billion dollars were awarded by the National Science Foundation to support research and education [3]; the National Institutes of Health dispenses even more money for health - related research and clinical studies Since everyone benefits from progress in science, the US federal government should be praised for financially supporting so many university researchers and research projectIn 2013, over 5 billion dollars were awarded by the National Science Foundation to support research and education [3]; the National Institutes of Health dispenses even more money for health - related research and clinical studies Since everyone benefits from progress in science, the US federal government should be praised for financially supporting so many university researchers and research projectin science, the US federal government should be praised for financially supporting so many university researchers and research projects.

With millions of grant dollars on the line, representatives of the 16 state finalists for federal Race to the Top prize money will go to Washington next week to make final, in - person pitches to the U.S. Department of Education for investment in their brand of school reform.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

The National Education Association (and its local affiliates) gave $ 56.3 million dollars to state and federal election campaigns in 2007 and 2008, more than any other entity.

Maris Vinovskis calls attention to the misuse of the federal research dollar in education and the need for a basic restructuring of the federal research enterprise.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquIn an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquin 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

The state of Arizona faces a severe disruption in its budget, and some of its school districts face the loss of millions of dollars in federal impact aid, because the U.S. Education Department has declared the state's system for equalizing resources among districts inadequate.

District superintendents predict worse to come in 2011, when federal stimulus dollars for education run out.

For this change to work well, however, all the local, state, and federal dollars that apply to a given child's education need to be in the backpack — and that's a goal no jurisdiction has yet reached.

«If you think Common Core snuck up on families with the less than 1 percent of education dollars the Obama administration dangled in front of states, just wait until more public and private schools are directly accepting federal control through federal vouchers and the next Democratic administration decides they want to tell these schools what to teach kids.»

As Congress begins to scrutinize the details in President Clinton's new budget request, the Department of Education is not the only place to look for federal dollars that target precollegiate eEducation is not the only place to look for federal dollars that target precollegiate educationeducation.

«I can tell you this — if you gave the American people a choice today between using federal dollars to renovate and build new public schools or using public tax dollars to pay for private school vouchers, there would be no question how the American people would vote,» asserted U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in a speech made when the report was released.

That comprehensive plan, as I wrote, would give educators lots of flexibility «by reducing the number of rules tied to federal dollars in exchange for transparency and choice» — conditions that should promote innovation and the reinvention of an education system built for the industrial age.

The Department of Education has released an audit of the Education Leaders Council that concludes the nonprofit group misused nearly a half - million dollars in federal grant money.

«One of the Obama administration's signature efforts in education, which pumped billions of federal dollars into overhauling the nation's worst schools, failed to produce meaningful results, according to a federal analysis.»

Federal funding for K - 12 education — in real - dollar terms — will continue to slide gently downward.

Peterson: Since John Dewey, school reformers have tried to customize education to the needs of each child, but each step towards customization has required a big step toward centralization (bigger schools, larger school districts, state certification for teachers, federal dollars and regulations, etc.) School systems are no longer embedded in the small politics of local communities and this has dramatically changed the way accountability works.

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

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 PDK / Gallup found that 46 percent of adults believe the lion's share of education funding should come from states, while 23 percent said they want the federal government to kick in the most dollars.

In speeches, mailings and multi-million dollar TV ads, they've battled over teacher salaries, property taxes and federal education grants...

The positions Trump has mentioned — pumping $ 20 billion in federal dollars and convincing states to divert another $ 110 billion into school choice; repealing Common Core; reducing or eliminating the Department of Education — remain fairly ambiguous goals that, in some cases, raise more questions than they answer.

As part of the «War on Poverty,» the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act of 1965 was designed to direct federal education dollars to the most disadvantaged children living inEducation (ESEA) Act of 1965 was designed to direct federal education dollars to the most disadvantaged children living ineducation dollars to the most disadvantaged children living in poverty.

In education, the medical research model — using federal dollars to build a knowledge base within a community of experts — has manifestly failed.

Todd Ziebarth, vice president for policy for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said he thinks states such as Washington are «in for a rude awakening,» when the federal education dollars don't flow into state coffers.

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Losing a significant amount of federal dollars would deal a blow to a state finally inching forward in terms of education progress.

The i3 grant along with Race to the Top are perhaps the two signature education programs from the Obama administration where big federal dollars have been given in exchange for promises by states and local districts for sweeping changes.

Allocate at least five cents of every dollar in the federal budget to education in order to reflect a level of commitment commensurate with other important national priorities and to meet the educational needs of all students effectively

Fast forward to 2017: President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have championed a plan to provide federal funding for private school voucher systems nationwide, which would funnel millions of taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into unaccountable private schools — a school reform policy that they say would provide better options for low - income students trapped in failing schools.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

Luis Mirón, director of the Loyola Institute for Quality and Equity in Education at Loyola University, said the success of what he called the «charter surge» has been based on temporary measures — a recovery school district that will eventually return schools to the Orleans Parish School Board and millions in federal recovery dollars, he said.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

For decades, Title I of ESEA has included important fiscal requirements to ensure that federal funding is supplemental to state and local education funding and that states and districts do not reduce their own spending in response to receiving federal dollars.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.