Democratic Governor Chris Gregoire is already tamping down expectations that Washington will qualify for the first round
of federal education grants.
Monitoring is the regular and systematic examination of an administration and implementation
of a federal education grant, contract, or cooperative agreement administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
Not exact matches
Low - income students can take advantage
of federal Pell
grants, which aim to provide need - based
grants to low - income undergraduate and certain graduate or professional students, in order to promote access to postsecondary
education.
Financial aid encompasses
grants, scholarships, low - interest loans, or work - study arrangements.The Four Primary Sources
of Financial AidThe U.S.
Federal GovernmentNot surprisingly, the federal government is the largest sponsor of education in the c
Federal GovernmentNot surprisingly, the
federal government is the largest sponsor of education in the c
federal government is the largest sponsor
of education in the country.
A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford
Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan,
Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or
Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher
Education Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH)
Grant service obligation on the basis
of your total and permanent disability.
AB 2271 requires the State Department
of Education to provide a state
grant of up to $ 100,000 to a school food authority that participates in the National School Lunch Program and receives a
federal equipment assistant
grant.
In an accompanying blog post, she quotes Arne Duncan, the secretary
of education, on whether communities applying for Promise Neighborhood
grants need to be «shovel - ready» to have a shot at
federal support:
It is unclear whether
federal acting secretary
of education John King — New York's former state
education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use
of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the
federal Race To The Top
grant program — will give his blessing.
Back in 2012, I worked with volunteer firefighters and the Firefighters Association
of the State
of New York, known as FASNY, to get Erie County included in the HELP (Higher
Education Learning Plan)
grant, which was paid for with
federal dollars.
Attorneys for New York City students with autism and other disabilities claimed a major victory this week, after a
federal judge
granted class action status to a case that alleged the denial
of education services.
On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in
federal Race to the Top
education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.
«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.
MANHATTAN — New York won $ 700 million in
federal education grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced
education grants when the US Department
of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced
Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Department
of Education tightened the noose last week when it announced New York could lose its
federal Race to the Top money because it lags behind in complying with the terms
of its
grant.»
The Common Core standards were developed by a group
of state
education leaders but promoted by the
federal government, particularly through Race To The Top, a nationwide competitive
grant program that required the adoption
of standards that boost college - and career - readiness.
On the controversial N852.9 State Universal
Education Board (SUBEB) fund, the commission said it was clear that the Government
of Dr Fayemi hoodwinked the
federal government into paying its own matching
grant by obtaining N852, 936,783.12 loan from Access Bank on November 25, 2013 without perfecting documentation in respect
of the loan, thereby flouting the provisions
of Section 11 (2)
of the UBEC Act, 2004.
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.
As a member
of the
Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce
federal funding in these areas, and I am the author
of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive
grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.
The $ 1.65 million
grants, administered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and endowed by the German
Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, are awarded to top - rank junior researchers from abroad.
The study was funded by
grants from
Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, Germany; National Institutes
of Health (EY018213, EY001919, EY020846, DK042394, DK088227, and HL052173); Foundation Fighting Blindness; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital; NHS Foundation Trust; UCL Institute
of Ophthalmology; Fight For Sight; Moorfields Eye Hospital Special Trustees; and Barbara & Donald Jonas Laboratory
of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, the Joan and Michael Schneeweiss Stem Cell Fund and Research to Prevent Blindness.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes
of Health [
Grant R01DC012931 to T.E.F.,
Grant R01DC012555 to S.C.K., and
Grant P30DC004657 to Dr. Diego Restrepo (University
of Colorado, School
of Medicine)-RSB-, the
Federal Ministry for
Education and Research, and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture
of the State
of Brandenburg, Germany (W.M.).
WEST ORANGE October 4, 2011 — The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
of the U.S. Department
of Education awarded a $ 2.28 million
federal grant to Kessler Foundation.
Senators Gardner and Peters were recognized for their bipartisan work on the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA), legislation that reauthorizes activities at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), STEM
education programs, and seeks to reduce the administrative burden associated with
federal grants.
This work was also funded in part by a KVSF (Kompetenzverbund für Strahlenforschung, 02NUK001E)
grant supported by the BMBF (
Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, Germany).
July 14, 2015 Ci3 awarded $ 1.2 M NIH
grant to boost STEM, health literacy among urban teens The Game Changer Chicago Design Lab (GCC Design Lab), a signature program for the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University
of Chicago, has received a five - year, $ 1.2 million
federal grant to investigate gameplay and game design as a way to enhance science and health
education for minority groups.
May 22, 2018 • In response to exclusive NPR reporting into a troubled
federal grant program for public school teachers,
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Congressional leaders Tuesday that she is aware
of the program's problems and has taken steps to fix it.
According to a G.A.O. report, which was done at the request
of Representative William H. Natcher
of Kentucky, chairman
of the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and
education, two - thirds
of rural districts that receive
federal drug - free school
grants say the money covers more than half
of their total drug -
education program.
With millions
of grant dollars on the line, representatives
of the 16 state finalists for
federal Race to the Top prize money will go to Washington next week to make final, in - person pitches to the U.S. Department
of Education for investment in their brand
of school reform.
The first three states have been chosen to receive
federal grants for President Bush's Reading First initiative, the Department
of Education says.
Federal grants are the main source
of drug -
education and prevention funding in more than half
of the nation's rural school districts, the General Accounting Office has found.
While the
federal loan program helps students from the full spectrum
of income levels finance their
education, the Pell
Grant Program is targeted to families demonstrating financial need.
Furthermore,
federal and state governments are committed to investing in STEM
education across Australia through a range
of grants and strategies, with the aim
of lifting both student engagement and attainment in STEM, leading to improved outcomes across national priorities such as industry and technical fields.
In voting to reauthorize the Higher
Education Act
of 1965, the Senate Subcommittee on
Education, Arts, and the Humanities last month made several other changes in existing law that would limit students» access to
federal loans and
grants, but would increase the amounts students who qualify could receive.
Less than half
of California school districts and only about a quarter
of teacher unions have promised to make key
education reforms required for the state to win $ 700 million in competitive
federal grants, officials said Wednesday.
The new online site is funded by a $ 350,000
federal grant from the U.S. Department
of Education.
Federal Government
Education Minister Senator Simon Birmingham announced the latest round
of ARC
grants today on Friday, with Edith Cowan University (ECU) receiving two
grants valued at more than $ 700,000 collectively.
Under the umbrella
of Democrats for
Education Reform (DFER) the group coordinated a major effort in 2010 to urge the New York State legislature to lift a charter school cap that had been a stumbling block in the state's first bid to win a
federal Race to the Top (RttT)
grant.
Specifically, members
of the National Association
of Administrators
of State and
Federal Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Pre
Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation
of existing categorical
education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Pre
education programs into new block
grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels
of funding, and to work actively against the passage
of President...
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.»
That's the quandary facing the Department
of Education, which is reviewing why many eligible students seem not to have taken advantage
of two new
federal grant programs that help high - performing students from low - income backgrounds pay for college.
Requiring «highly qualified early educators,» dedicating existing
federal funds for an early -
education matching -
grant program, and giving districts more flexibility to use Title I money for pre-K-3 programs are some
of the major recommendations in a report on revamping the
federal No Child Left Behind Act to improve schooling for younger children.
Washington — The chairman
of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary
of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and mi
Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a
federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new
federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and mi
education block
grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights
of women, the handicapped, and minorities.
In October 2002, the
federal Department
of Education distributed nearly $ 24 million in
grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts in six other states to expand their public school choice programs.
Washington — Several conservative scholars and political activists who have criticized the activities
of the
Education Department may soon be assigned by that department to review proposals for
federal grants, according to information obtained from the National Institute
of Education (nie).
The five - year
grant, awarded Sept. 10 by the
federal agency's Institute
of Education Sciences, establishes the National Research Center on Rural
Education Support, based at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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 efforts.
The first proposal would reinstitute provisions
of the Emergency School Aid Act (esaa), which the Reagan Administration last year combined with other
federal education programs into block
grants to the states.
High schools may use a variety
of methods to provide a «rigorous» curriculum that would allow their low - income graduates to qualify for a new
federal college -
grant program, the Department
of Education announced last week.
The state received word this month that, after several revisions, its application for a
federal reading
grant was approved by the U.S. Department
of Education.