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Rhim, Lauren Morando; Redding, Sam – Academic Development Institute, 2011
In 2010, unprecedented levels of resources began to flow through state education agencies (SEAs) to support dramatic change in persistently low-performing schools under the expanded federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program. The challenge for states is to leverage the federal investment to drive dramatic and sustainable change efforts in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, Grantsmanship, Grants
St. John, Mark; Allen, Kasi; Carroll, Becky; Mitchell, Heather; Horsch, Elizabeth; Lopez, Laurie – Inverness Research, 2008
The Appalachian Math Science Partnership (AMSP) is a project within NSF's (National Science Foundation's) Math Science Partnerships (MSP) initiative. Funded at $23 million over five years, the AMSP involved 51 school districts and nine higher education institutions in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The AMSP faced two significant challenges in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Regional Programs, Coordinators, Colleges
Virginia Department of Education, 2003
This document is the Virginia Board of Education's "Reading First" application. Funding of this grant request will provide the commonwealth the capacity to award local educational agencies sixty to seventy- five school level subgrants that are based on model classroom and professional development criteria. The document contains 2…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Board of Education Policy