Sentences with phrase «federal reading initiative»

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The first three states have been chosen to receive federal grants for President Bush's Reading First initiative, the Department of Education says.

Evidence is mounting that federal employees and their agents may have directed or even pressured states to choose specific assessments, consultants, and the criteria for evaluating core reading programs as conditions for getting funding under the Reading First initiative, possibly in violation of federreading programs as conditions for getting funding under the Reading First initiative, possibly in violation of federReading First initiative, possibly in violation of federal law.

The hearing scheduled for May 10 will focus on the Department of Education's oversight of the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to improve reading achievement in disadvantaged schools, and the steps being taken to prevent conflicts of interest in Reading First and other federal programs, according to a letter to Ms. Spellings from Education and Lreading achievement in disadvantaged schools, and the steps being taken to prevent conflicts of interest in Reading First and other federal programs, according to a letter to Ms. Spellings from Education and LReading First and other federal programs, according to a letter to Ms. Spellings from Education and Labor...

But while many in the cash - strapped state cheered the $ 12.5 million for raising reading achievement in the neediest schools, others were scrambling to salvage the state's existing literacy initiative after a federal panel suggested it is not aligned with current research in the...

Two well - known commercial reading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence stareading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence staReading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence standards.

The lawmakers aired concerns with how the federal agency has interpreted provisions on testing and what kinds of reading programs can be supported with federal aid under a new K - 3 reading initiative.

At the federal level, perhaps the most prominent early - childhood initiative that has come from the Bush administration is «Early Reading First,» a national effort to deliver effective reading instruction to young chReading First,» a national effort to deliver effective reading instruction to young chreading instruction to young children.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shReading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shreading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

Finally, each of the interviews described federal and state initiatives that influenced the early reading program.

I've been unable to find the wording of the initiative, but you can read the Swiss federal government arguments against it [PDF].

Toronto criminal lawyer Annamaria Enenajor is launching a new initiative called the Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty to urge the federal government to immediately pardon all... Read more