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This article evaluates the tensions with democratic education inherent in the federal School Improvement Grant program's market - based school reforms.

The options allowed in the California law are the same as those provided in the federal School Improvement Grant program.

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.

DECEMBER: The New York City district and union lose out on $ 60 million in federal School Improvement Grant funding after failing to reach agreements on teacher - evaluation details.

The narrow and disruptive range of options offered in the Parent Empowerment Act — the same options offered in the federal School Improvement Grant program — have shown no overall success in improving schools nationwide.

Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and UFT President Michael Mulgrew on July 15 announced an important agreement that will help secure up to $ 65 million over the next two years in federal School Improvement Grants, a U.S. Department of Education program that provides funding to help transform our nation's struggling schools.

The agreement will qualify the city to receive up to $ 65 million in federal School Improvement Grants over the next two years.

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.

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

Not exact matches

Contract impasses in 10 districts around the state prompted King to yank federal «School Improvement Grants.»

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

«The mayor seems to be lost in his own fantasy world of education, the one where reality doesn't apply,» declared UFT President Michael Mulgrew in response to the mayor's State of the City speech on Jan. 12, in which, among other proposals, he threatened to fire half the staffs in 33 schools receiving federal School Improvement Grant support.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two years in, the federal School Improvement Grant program shows momentum, but sustaining gains may be a challenge.

The city announced in June, prior to the appellate ruling, that it was going to «transform» 11 of the district's schools and dramatically overhaul or close 23 others under a $ 300 million federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

Under the Obama administration, the federal government spent over $ 7 billion in an effort to turnaround failing schools via the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

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.

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.

Michael J. Petrilli is associate assistant deputy secretary in the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which houses the federal charter - school grant programs.

«Research clearly shows that no school improvement effort can succeed without effective leadership, and such leadership is needed at all levels - federal, state, district, and school - in our current systems and in the systems we will create in the future,» said M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation, which provided a $ 10 - million grant to support the effort.

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 MicSchool 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 MiSchools 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 MiFederal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and MicGrants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Micschool climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mischools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mifederal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Micgrants in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan.

In fall 2011, Marshall High welcomed students to an upgraded facility and a brand - new staff, thanks to a federal School Improvement Grant.

Changing the School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants (PDF format, 180 KB)

Nationally, 27 percent of the schools that have received federal school improvement grants have lost 20 percent or more of their students in recent years, according to a Catalyst Chicago analysis of federal data.

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 requirSchools 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 requirschools 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 efSchool Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efschool turnaround efforts.

As the federal School Improvement Grants program winds down, Tim Prudente of the Baltimore Sun writes about one low - performing school in Baltimore, Mary Rodman Elementary, which is using one of the last grants to be given under the prSchool Improvement Grants program winds down, Tim Prudente of the Baltimore Sun writes about one low - performing school in Baltimore, Mary Rodman Elementary, which is using one of the last grants to be given under the prGrants program winds down, Tim Prudente of the Baltimore Sun writes about one low - performing school in Baltimore, Mary Rodman Elementary, which is using one of the last grants to be given under the prschool in Baltimore, Mary Rodman Elementary, which is using one of the last grants to be given under the prgrants to be given under the program.

In late 2014, the state launched a first - of - its - kind desegregation plan — the Socioeconomic Integration Pilot program — using federal School Improvement Grant, or SIG, funds.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Roberts was one of four schools in the district to receive $ 2 million in federal funding from a School Improvement Grant.