These rules require state educational agencies (SEA) to report
a list of the local education agencies (LEA), including their NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) identification numbers, that received a SIG award under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amount of the grant.
Not exact matches
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.»
Between 15 percent and 25 percent
of charter schools cited each
of the following difficulties, (
listed with the difficulties receiving the highest percentage first): state or
local board opposition, state
education agency resistance or regulation, internal conflicts or
local education agency resistance or regulation, or union or bargaining unit resistance.
An increasing number
of local education agencies are tying to curtail their availability, even though at least 50,000 children remain on waiting
lists to get into a quality charter school.