Sentences with phrase «turnaround grant»

According to Duncan, the U.S. Department of Education is distributing $ 4 billion for school turnaround programs through Title I School Improvement Grants, and the department has asked Congress for an additional $ 900 million for a reauthorized school turnaround grants program.

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.

After receiving turnaround grants from the Obama administration for the wholesale overhauling of schools, the nation's lowest - performing schools have yet to show dramatic improvement, according to information released Thursday by the U.S. Education Department.

Those schools — among those that would have qualified for federal school turnaround grants — were Raymond's beachhead into instilling a sense of urgency and taking on practices in the low - performing schools.

• Denver Public Schools, by comparison, spent 13 percent of its turnaround grant money so far on consulting and other help from private companies.