Sentences with phrase «of federal school improvement»

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. elementary.

During his five - day, seven - city tour, Van Roekel is visiting a number «priority schools» and stopped by Romulus Middle School which had received a $ 5.3 million grant as part of the federal School Improvement Grant program.

The failure of the federal School Improvement Grant program and countless other «turnaround» initiatives is convincing policymakers that nondistrict alternatives are essential.

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.

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 funds.

Not exact matches

-- we can not achieve the level of improvement we would like for our kids without major changes to the whole federal school meal program.

But if Congress increases reimbursement rates without reforming the use of federal funds in school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled with little improvement in the quality of meals served.

To be sure, the new federal Smart Snacks and meal standards are a huge improvement in school food, and the passage of those rules is an achievement that shouldn't be diminished (or rolled back — ahem, SNA).

Though there is a nearly two - year - old state mandate that opens the free summer lunch program to all children in Illinois — whether or not they're in summer school — there has not been much improvement in participation, and officials say millions of federal dollars available for the meals are going untapped.

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

«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.

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 sSchools 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 schoolsschools.

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.

Despite attracting high - powered backers such as Bill Gates, the much - touted school improvement program known as First Things First has yet to muster conclusive scientific evidence to show that it prevents students from dropping out of school, a federal research review concludes.

The Los Angeles Unified and Compton Unified school districts haven't adequately notified parents of their school choice rights, and they haven't provided enough options for the children currently attending schools defined as in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left...

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

The federal turnaround school consisting of 475 students — 99 percent free / reduced lunch and 54 percent ESL — saw such large improvements that it recently was named North Carolina Title One School of theschool consisting of 475 students — 99 percent free / reduced lunch and 54 percent ESL — saw such large improvements that it recently was named North Carolina Title One School of theSchool of the Year.

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.

Speaking to educators gathered in his city on Oct. 23 for a Council of the Great City Schools conference, Mayor Richard M. Daley called the federal school improvement law an «unfunded mandate,» and he urged the group's members to work together to revise it.

With thousands of public schools facing the end of their three - year School Improvement Grants from the federal government, what is being done to prevent backsliding from any progress made?

Schools that receive federal Title I funds to improve learning among disadvantaged children and fail to make AYP for two years in a row are considered in need of improvement and face a range of consequences.

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.

A 10 percent improvement in the performance of gifted students counts for naught if a tiny fall in the performance of the weakest students puts the school out of compliance with federal standards.

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.

The school as a whole also is on the federal list of schools in need of improvement; the test scores from all of the small schools are listed under Piccolo.

«It is critically important that the millions of dollars in federal funds going to school improvement be used as effectively as possible to...

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.

When it comes to something like school improvement, something that's a matter of practice, fidelity of implementation, and on - the - ground commitment, the frustrating fact is that federal policymakers can't really do much.

They would still be «in need of improvement,» and the states and districts would still be expected to assign federal funds to help students in these schools succeed.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

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.

The ARRA seemed to complete the constellation: an astounding $ 100 billion of new federal funds — nearly twice the annual budget of the U.S. Department of Education — to jump - start and sustain the improvement of America's schools.

In the first five years of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, much attention has been focused on implementation issues — from how to manage the increasing number of schools and districts «in need of improvement» or in «corrective action,» to problems with testing programs, adequate - yearly - progress reporting, and the law's highly - qualified - teacher requirements.

Those schools are now subject to strong improvement efforts, backed by billions of dollars in federal support.

Under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, states must demonstrate that schools receiving the federal aid for disadvantaged students also receives a fair...

-- 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.

Their analysis of 13 federal, state, and local improvement efforts in rural schools suggests that a longstanding «urban bias» in education policymaking has resulted in programs that do not take the variety and special characteristics of rural communities into account — and thus are less effective than they could be.

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.

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.

Speaker after speaker, from the left as well as the right, talked about the inability of the federal government to generate on the ground improvement in schooling.

«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.

On an evaluation of the federal Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant initiatives, she was a content area expert advising on development of protocols, data collection instruments, and reports, examining how states and districts use grant funds to improve teacher quality.

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.

Indeed, a recent federal evaluation of the School Improvement Grants program couldn't unearth any significant effects on learning, no matter how the data were diced.

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.

It argues that SEAs generally think about these activities through a lens provided by federal law; it discusses how today's reform - minded state chiefs prioritize this line of work; it highlights how SEAs need to alter how they interact with LEAs if these schools are to improve; it details how some departments have reorganized themselves to do this work; it discusses the challenges associated with launching new school - improvement efforts in an era of austerity; and it offers a three - category framework for comparing SEAs.

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 prschool in Baltimore, Mary Rodman Elementary, which is using one of the last grants to be given under the program.

There is growing policy; fiscal and practical support for prosocial educational and school climate improvement efforts from federal agencies, state departments of education and large and small districts across America.

For the details of PAA's position on alternative school improvement strategies with proven track records, see our paper, What Parents Want in a New Federal Education Law, http://parentsacrossamerica.org/paa-reforming-esea/