Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 19. July 2012 00:01
On July 18, 2012, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) released a report on its study showing that federal stimulus funds saved education jobs and encouraged a common education reform agenda among states. The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided approximately $840 billion in federal appropriations in an effort to [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 23. May 2012 02:01
In a May 22, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced its proposed requirements for its $400 million Race to the Top – District (RTT-D) Program that will focus on education reform at the school-district level. ED Secretary Arne Duncan stated “With this competition, we are inviting districts to show us how they can personalize [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 1. December 2011 00:31
In a November 23 2011 press release the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that eight of the nine eligible states submitted applications to compete for a share of the $200 million Race to the Top Round 3 (RTT3) grant program; however, ED rejected one state’s [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 28. October 2011 02:06
According to U.S. Department of Education (ED) data, 587 applicants are vying for awards in the second round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competitive grant program. Under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), $650 million was allocated for i3 awards in 2010 and, in the fiscal 2011 budget, Congress appropriated an additional $150 [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 26. August 2011 02:29
In an August 23, 2011 press release, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the final details and application for the $500 million Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) competition that was announced in May. Under the RTT-ELC program ED and HHS will award grants ranging from around $50 million [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 6. July 2011 22:21
On July 1, 2011 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published the proposed competition criteria for the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (ELC). The ELC is funded with $500 million of the $700 million Congress allocated for the Race to the Top program in the FY 2011 budget passed in April. The ELC will be jointly managed by ED and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and, according to ED’s website www.ed.gov, individual state awards will range from $50 million to $100 million [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 29. April 2011 02:29
Under the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) U.S. public schools and school districts must make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as determined by the percentage of the schools’ or districts’ students that score proficient on state-specified tests and other performance indicators. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. April 2011 00:10
Under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) states must use the majority of the $100 billion awarded for education by September 30, 2011. According to an April 5, 2011 Education Week online article, most states will have expended their respective awards by the end of the current school year. The depletion of ARRA funds has been dubbed the “funding cliff.” The Education Week article reports that, although state economies are [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 31. March 2011 20:26
As of March 29, 2011, seven of the 12 winners of the $4 billion Race to the Top (RTT) competition have amended their RTT education reform proposals with approval from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). According to ED’s website, amendments have been approved for Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 25. February 2011 02:36
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is a national, collaborative effort founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support state policymakers in improving the availability and use of education data to improve student achievement. DQC’s issued sixth annual state analysis, Data for Action 2010, asserts in the Executive Summary that “states have made unprecedented progress in collecting longitudinal information that follows individual students over time.” A February 23rd article in Education Week attributes the progress, in part, to “a big influx of money from the federal economic stimulus law” that provided funding for states and local education agencies to build or improve longitudinal data systems. [More]
