The chronic low performance of the nation's urban school systems is one of the most challenging issues facing educators and policymakers today. Not only public authorities but also charitable foundations and businesses have poured their resources, ideas and talents into the task of improving urban schools. Despite these efforts, the future continues to appear bleak for many children in inner-city school districts across the country.
To be sure, urban schools over the past several decades have had to cope with extraordinary challenges. The students they serve are more than twice as likely to be living in poverty as other children, more likely to have difficulty speaking English, less likely to live in a two-parent family, almost twice as likely to be assigned to special education, far more likely to drop out and more likely to move frequently, disrupting their schooling. In addition, urban schools are subject to deteriorating school buildings, inadequate teaching materials and technology, dwindling financial resources, and shortages of qualified and committed teachers, principals and support staff.
States and districts have created and implemented a variety of new, and sometimes radical, approaches to how urban districts are organized and managed. These efforts include initiatives to break urban systems into smaller units, to privatize district operations, to redesign and/or privatize the district's top management and to establish private-school voucher programs. States also are using a variety of funding mechanisms to help induce change and improvement in urban schools districts, including financial incentives, new accounting systems, support for restructuring, and increased support for Head Start and other school readiness programs. In addition, nearly half of the states have established accountability mechanisms that allow state officials to monitor more closely school district performance and to intervene directly in the operation of low-performing districts.
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Showing posts with label Public School Grants. Show all posts
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7.01.2015
6.30.2015
U.S. Department of Education Invests Nearly $96 Million to Ensure All Students Have Same Opportunities to Learn, Achieve and Succeed
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
The U.S. Department of Education announced today nearly $96 million in grants to ensure every student—regardless of wealth, zip code, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or disability—has the same opportunities to learn and achieve.
These grants focus on closing equity and opportunity gaps for minority students attending colleges and universities across the country. Education is the engine of opportunity and the great equalizer for every student because it provides the clearest path to the middle class. That's why the Obama Administration has worked to ensure that there are ladders of opportunity for all students through a variety of programs, such as the Excellent Educators for All initiative and the President's My Brother's Keeper initiative.
"Ensuring that every student—from the wealthiest to the poorest and historically underserved—has access to a high-quality education is what our work is all about," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "We aren't just talking the talk; we are awarding millions of dollars in grants to help institutions better serve minority students through various programs and services."
The grants awarded by the Department are:
- Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program ($20,141,221)
- Strengthening Institutions Program ($22,998,921)
- The Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Program ($16,360,038)
- Native Hawaiian Education Program ($10,054,780)
- Alaska Native Education Equity Program ($12,662,376)
- Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program ($10,625,456)
- Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program ($3,039,006)
The Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program provides grants to assist institutions of higher education (IHEs) in expanding educational opportunities for, and improve the attainment of, Hispanic students. These grants enable these institutions to expand and enhance their academic offerings, program quality and institutional stability.
The Strengthening Institutions Programs award funding to help eligible IHEs become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions.
The Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions program awards two-year grants to IHEs serving Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. The grants can be used for a wide range of activities such as faculty development and exchanges, curriculum development, counseling services, and the purchase or upgrading of library materials or laboratory equipment. To be eligible for grants through this program, an institution must have an undergraduate enrollment of at least 20 percent Alaska Native or 10 percent Native Hawaiian students.
The Native Hawaiian Education Program awards grants to support innovative projects that enhance the educational services provided to Native Hawaiians and to supplement and expand programs and authorities in the area of education. Types of projects supported by this program include early education and care programs, family-based education centers, beginning reading and literacy programs, activities to address the needs of gifted and talented native Hawaiian students, special education programs, professional development for educators, and activities to enable native Hawaiian students to enter and complete postsecondary education.
The Alaska Native Education Equity Program supports efforts to meet the unique educational needs of Alaska Natives by awarding competitive grants for innovative projects addressing the distinct educational needs of this student population. Along with educational institutions, eligible recipients include Alaska Native organizations and cultural and community-based groups.
The Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program provides grants to expand post-baccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students. The program also provides funding to expand post-baccalaureate academic offerings, as well as enhance the quality of academic programs in IHEs that are educating and helping large numbers of Hispanic and low-income students complete postsecondary degrees.
The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program helps colleges and universities assists predominantly minority institutions in effecting long-range improvement in science and engineering education programs, and increasing the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into science and engineering careers. The program also supports special projects designed to provide or improve support to accredited nonprofit colleges, universities and professional scientific organizations for a broad range of activities that address specific barriers that eliminate or reduce the entry of minorities into science and technology fields.
For breakdown of allocated funds, follow this link.
U.S. Department of Education Awards $4.1 Million in Charter School Program National Leadership Grants
MARCH 17, 2015
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
The U.S. Department of Education announced six new grant awards today totaling $4.1 million through the Charter Schools Program(CSP) National Leadership Activities program. These grants will help strengthen charter schools and charter school authorizers, while also improving capacity to serve students with disabilities and English learners. Helping the charter school sector address these key issues is a priority for the Department.
"We want to help charter schools, like all public schools, prepare students for college, careers and life," said Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Nadya Chinoy Dabby. "We know that quality authorizing practices are crucial to creating high-quality charter schools. These grants will help charter schools provide excellent educational opportunities to some of our highest-need students."
The six grantees will provide technical assistance and training and share promising practices with charter schools across the country. The grantees are: (1) the Alameda County Office of Education; (2) the California Charter Schools Association; (3) the Illinois Network of Charter Schools; (4) the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association; (5) the National Association of Charter School Authorizers; and (6) New Schools for New Orleans.
Grantees will use the money to provide teachers with professional development or on-site coaching, to provide services to students with disabilities or English learners in charter schools, and to create shared systems across multiple charter schools for finding and accessing qualified teachers and experts. Others will help charter school authorizers conduct rigorous reviews of school applications to ensure quality, as well as conduct meaningful oversight of charter schools using multiple sources of data and identify and close underperforming charter schools.
Grants will run for three years. Grantee project abstracts are available here.
Grantee first-year awards:
| Alameda County Office of Education $799,659 | |
| California Charter Schools Association $636,954 | |
| Illinois Network of Charter Schools $580,975 | |
| Massachusetts Charter Public School Association $506,603 | |
| National Association of Charter School Authorizers $799,683 | |
| New Schools for New Orleans $799,198 | |
| TOTAL: $4,123,072 |
APRIL 22, 2014
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Arizona and New Hampshire will receive more than $12 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools through new awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. Both Arizona and New Hampshire will use these funds to make awards to a new cohort of their lowest-performing schools.
"When schools fail, our children and neighborhoods suffer," Secretary Arne Duncan said. "Turning around our lowest-performing schools is hard work but it's our responsibility, and represents a tremendous opportunity to improve the life chances of children. The privilege to have an impact on the lives of our students is an absolute joy. We owe it to our children, their families and the broader community. These School Improvement Grants are helping some of the lowest-achieving schools provide a better education for students who need it the most."
School Improvement Grants are awarded to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) that then make competitive subgrants to school districts that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to provide adequate resources to substantially raise student achievement in their lowest-performing schools.
Under the Obama Administration, the SIG program has invested up to $2 million per school at more than 1,500 of the country's lowest-performing schools. Early findings show positive momentum and progress in many SIG schools. Findings also show that many schools receiving SIG grants are improving, and some of the greatest gains have been in small towns and rural communities.
States announced today and their grant amounts are:
Arizona—$10,816,584
New Hampshire—$1,371,751
New Hampshire—$1,371,751
U.S. Department of Education Announces Awards to Five States to Continue Efforts to Turn Around Lowest-Performing Schools
APRIL 1, 2014
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that five states will receive more than $85 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools through awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. The following states are receiving awards: Alaska, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
"When schools fail, our children and neighborhoods suffer," Secretary Arne Duncan said. "Turning around our lowest-performing schools is hard work but it's our responsibility, and represents a tremendous opportunity to improve the life chances of children. The privilege to have an impact on the lives of our students is an absolute joy. We owe it to our children, their families and the broader community. These School Improvement Grants are helping some of the lowest-achieving schools provide a better education for students who need it the most."
School Improvement Grants are awarded to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) that then make competitive subgrants to school districts that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to provide adequate resources to substantially raise student achievement in their lowest-performing schools.
Under the Obama Administration, the SIG program has invested up to $2 million per school at more than 1,500 of the country's lowest-performing schools. Early findings show positive momentum and progress in many SIG schools. Findings also show that many schools receiving SIG grants are improving, and some of the greatest gains have been in small towns and rural communities.
States announced today and their grant amounts are:
Alaska — $1,519,520
Illinois — $22,060,358
New York — $36,046,044
Pennsylvania — $18,355,214
South Carolina — $7,195,035
Illinois — $22,060,358
New York — $36,046,044
Pennsylvania — $18,355,214
South Carolina — $7,195,035
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Your school may be eligible for $50,000 from Success for All Foundation.
Success for All Foundation has $50 million to give away to eligible schools!
Success for All Foundation was the highest-rated scale-up winner in the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation’s (i3) competition. The $650 million i3 program is designed to support efforts to start or expand research-based, innovative programs that help close academic-achievement gaps and improve outcomes for high-needs students. Our $50 million award allows more Title I schools to adopt our proven whole-school reform approach because we are issuing $50,000 grants toward Success for All start-up costs to eligible schools.
Success for All Foundation was the highest-rated scale-up winner in the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation’s (i3) competition. The $650 million i3 program is designed to support efforts to start or expand research-based, innovative programs that help close academic-achievement gaps and improve outcomes for high-needs students. Our $50 million award allows more Title I schools to adopt our proven whole-school reform approach because we are issuing $50,000 grants toward Success for All start-up costs to eligible schools.
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