Tag: Grants
Quality Funding for Quality Schools
August 31st, 2011
Yesterday I visited Elbert-Palmer Elementary School for the first time. It’s a classic-looking school that rises up from an entire city block in a residential area. Most beautiful to me were the faces of the students that greeted me and every other guest as we arrived. It was their first day of school, so they must have been asked to play the...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Poised as Early Childhood “Race to the Top” Launched
May 25th, 2011
Today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced a $500M competitive grant program focused on improving early-childhood education for low-income and disadvantaged youth, in addition to a $200M competition for states that didn’t win RTTT. Delaware is well positioned; and Governor...VIEW ARTICLE
Extended Learning Time Hits the Big Stage
May 23rd, 2011
Both houses of Congress introduced the bipartisan Time for Innovation Matters in Education (TIME) Act last week, which would establish a competitive federal grant program for states hoping to add at least 300 additional hours of instruction per year to their underperforming schools. The TIME Act parallels many efforts either underway or in...VIEW ARTICLE
One Step Closer to a “Baby Race to the Top”
May 10th, 2011
The United States Department of Education was appropriated $700 million as part of last month’s budget deal to design a competitive grant program focused, in part, on improving early-childhood education for low-income and disadvantaged youth. Recent speculation points to lawmakers moving forward with a “Baby Race to the Top” program, in...VIEW ARTICLE