Sentences with phrase «for federal school improvement grants»

Under the group's proposal, the bonuses would double for teachers in struggling schools — the report suggests using the 33 schools eligible for federal School Improvement Grants — but they wouldn't generate changes in base salary increases unless the teachers maintained the same rating for three straight years.

The Maine Department of Education will again apply for federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding that the Department would distribute to help the state's most struggling schools.

Not exact matches

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.

The negotiations, which both sides agreed to in writing, were aimed at creating a system for fairly evaluating teachers, using both student performance and observation, in the 33 schools receiving federal school improvement grants.

The city DOE and United Federation of Teachers had spent weeks in closed door meetings trying to hammer out the details of a «meaningful teacher evaluation system» in order to qualify for up to $ 65 million in federal funding in School Improvement Grants over the next two years, which is distributed by the state.

Data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education on the $ 3.5 billion School Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement efSchool Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvemeImprovement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement efschool improvementimprovement efforts.

NCLB requires states to set aside about $ 230 million of their federal funds for grants to schools in need of improvement.

If, for example, one - third of all schools found themselves «in need of improvement,» then the minimum amount of federal support required to fund grants of $ 50,000 per school would be $ 1.6 billion.

-- and $ 3.5 billion in designated federal funding for School Improvement Grants is enough to push many an edu - reformer to the brink of hubris, it's fairly clear that no one actually knows what to do.

Although the specific allocation for school improvement grants appears to fall well short of the minimum amount required by federal regulations, other sources of federal funds could more than close the gap, if they were directed to low - performing schools.

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 efSchool Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efschool 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 first was a quantitative analysis of student academic outcomes, comparing results for schools that received federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to similar schools in the same districts that did not.

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 rSchool 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 rschool nurse to student ratios.

The Denver Post determined that 35 percent of the federal funds allocated to that city in a School Improvement Grant was spent for consultants, not for students or teachers or schools.2

An example of Scott's work in the region is a report she and her team recently completed for the Oregon Department of Education that described how Oregon schools used their federal school improvement grants in 2012.

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.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

Ross C. Santy, director of EdFacts, told state and district officials who attended a National Center for Education Statistics conference in Washington, D.C., last week they would still have to report student achievement data to receive federal funding, like Title I and school improvement grants.

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.

This is SIGnificant: Fix SIG, the federal School Improvement Grant program, to ensure all funds for low - performing schools go for Sustainable Community Sschools go for Sustainable Community SchoolsSchools.

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

UW study suggests federal school - improvement grants weren't a complete waste for SF Schools seattletimes.com/education-lab/...

May, 2011 — Federal Fiscal Year 2010 1003 (a), project period July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 The application for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2010 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds, authorized under Section 1003 (a) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), is available to school divisions for use in Title I schools in Title I School Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain crFederal Fiscal Year 2010 1003 (a), project period July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 The application for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2010 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds, authorized under Section 1003 (a) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), is available to school divisions for use in Title I schools in Title I School Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain crfederal fiscal year (FFY) 2010 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds, authorized under Section 1003 (a) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), is available to school divisions for use in Title I schools in Title I School Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain criSchool Improvement Grant (SIG) funds, authorized under Section 1003 (a) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), is available to school divisions for use in Title I schools in Title I School Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain crischool divisions for use in Title I schools in Title I School Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain criSchool Improvement or Title I eligible schools that meet certain criteria.

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.

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.

The 2010 - 2011 school year was the second year of «transformation,» a model adopted by DPS for schools receiving federal School Improvement Grants school year was the second year of «transformation,» a model adopted by DPS for schools receiving federal School Improvement Grants School Improvement Grants (SIG).

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.

In a letter the state department's Julia Rafael - Bar wrote to Brown on March 25 about the situation, she also said that the district could jeopardize its $ 11 million in School Improvement Grant funding from the federal government for 2012 - 13 (and $ 40 million over the remaining life of SIG for Buffalo) if it did not conform to state law about teacher evaluations.

Mr. Minnich said states also are trying to use lessons learned from initiatives like the $ 4.6 billion federal School Improvement Grant, or SIG, program, which provided grants to states and districts for major interventions in struggling schools.

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. elemeSchool 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. elemeschool improvement grant, along with the Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys, a Gary Community School Corp. elemeSchool Corp. elementary.

«Education is such a big thing for me, and I want to see these students be successful,» said Carol May, a career college specialist whose position was created through a federal School Improvement Grant.

For example, Tile I, Part A 1003 (a) school improvement grants have included «SIG - like» elements in the past several years, such as highlighting allowable federal grant activities into menu of services fro Titler I schools.

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.

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.

School Improvement Grants 1003g and 1003a; school turnaround and transformation; effective leadership; effective instruction; using data to drive interventions; equitable and high quality programs for all learners; working in convergence at the SEA and the LEAs; sustainable practices; effective use of federal and stateSchool Improvement Grants 1003g and 1003a; school turnaround and transformation; effective leadership; effective instruction; using data to drive interventions; equitable and high quality programs for all learners; working in convergence at the SEA and the LEAs; sustainable practices; effective use of federal and stateschool turnaround and transformation; effective leadership; effective instruction; using data to drive interventions; equitable and high quality programs for all learners; working in convergence at the SEA and the LEAs; sustainable practices; effective use of federal and state funds

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.

In September 2011, the VDOE requested a federal waiver of the timeline for Cohort I and II schools implementing a transformation model to develop and implement a teacher and principal evaluation system in their first year of the SIG (School Improvement Grant) award.

Many other programs are cut back, including the Federal Impact Aid for children who are on federal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improvFederal Impact Aid for children who are on federal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improvfederal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improveSchool Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improveschool boards or LEAs for improvements.