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Cherokee Nation donates $3.2 million to northeastern Oklahoma school districts

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Cherokee Nation officials presented $3.2 million from tribal car tag sale proceeds to 92 northeastern Oklahoma school districts on Friday.

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Obama Budget Would Invest in Pre-K, High School Overhaul

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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Alyson Klein -- President Barack Obama's budget unveiled today proposes new money for a big expansion of prekindergarten programs, a new competitive-grant program for high school improvement, a new Race to the Top competition focused on higher education—and level funding for the two formula grants school districts depend on most: Title I grants for disadvantaged students and special education.

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Oklahoma: Advancement Via Individual Determination

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AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness system for elementary through higher education that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance.

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Race to the Top: D.C., Maryland and Georgia way back in the field

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 46, Clicks: 6)
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In the second year of Race to the Top, the Obama administration’s signature effort to improve public schools, nine of 12 jurisdictions that received $4 billion in federal grants made good progress. But three — the District, Maryland and Georgia — have stumbled, federal officials said.

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New Mexico May Face Loss of Federal Special Education Funds

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 43, Clicks: 4)
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Christina Samuels -- A New Mexico newspaper is reporting that the state could be docked up to $93 million in federal special education funding because it made reductions to the program without U.S. Department of Education approval.

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Government Benefits, Grants

winfredable sumitted ago via http://www.usa.gov (Views: 35, Clicks: 4)
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Benefits.gov can help you identify grants, loans, financial aid, and other benefits from the U.S. government for which you may be eligible and tell you how and where to apply. Most grants are awarded to universities, researchers, cities, states, counties, and non-profit organizations. You can search for these type of grants on Grants.gov.

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Grant to N.J. Ed Dept. contingent on Gov. Christie’s tenure

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Valerie Strauss -- The private Broad Foundation gave a grant of up to to $430,000 to the New Jersey Department of Education that includes this contingency: It can be withdrawn if Chris Christie (R) is no longer governor of the state.

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Arne Duncan Picks 16 Race to Top District Winners

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Michele McNeil -- Sixteen winners—including three charter school organizations—will share $400 million in the Race to the Top district competition, the U.S. Department of Education announced recently.

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Race to Top District Finalists Include New Hopefuls

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 67, Clicks: 4)
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Michele McNeil -- The list of 61 finalists for the latest Race to the Top competition shows that the U.S. Department of Education was successful in enticing high-scoring applications from districts in rural America and in states that had not shared in the Race to the Top bounty before.

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Charter networks win Race to the Top-District

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Valerie Strauss -- Charter school networks are now official “districts,” at least by the rules of the Department of Education’s Race to the Top-District competition, which just announced that 16 applicants had each won a share of nearly $400 million in the latest sweepstakes.

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Who Gates is funding — the latest education grants

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 54, Clicks: 4)
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Valerie Strauss -- What/who in education has captured the interest of the powerful Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation these days? The following list of education-related grants — all awarded in November 2012 — show that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are big with the foundation, and, of course, the foundation continues to pour millions into its initiative around teacher evaluation based in part on student standardized test scores.

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Gates Foundation gives $25 million to help charters, traditional schools cooperate

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Seven cities that are forging new bonds between traditional public schools and public charter schools received $25 million in private funds Wednesday to propel their progress. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced multimillion-dollar grants to Boston, Denver, Hartford, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and Spring Branch, Tex., to deepen a new kind of collaboration between charters and district schools.

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Texas: Spring Branch ISD expects to share in Gates grant

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding $25 million in grants to seven cities to encourage collaboration between charter schools and traditional neighborhood schools.

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Five Unanswered Questions About District Race to the Top

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 68, Clicks: 6)
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Michele McNeil -- In a matter of weeks, we'll know which districts are sharing $400 million in the latest Race to the Top competition, which targets the district level. But in the meantime, there are a lot of unanswered questions about this contest.

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Michigan coalition opposes Race to Top finalist in letter to Obama, Duncan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 71, Clicks: 4)
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Valerie Strauss -- A large coalition of Michigan parents, PTA leaders, K-12 teachers, professors and others — including the superintendent of Detroit Public Schools — sent a letter to President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan protesting the selection of a new education entity as a finalist in the latest edition of Race to the Top, the administration’s signature education initiative.

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Cherokee Nation donates $3.2 million to northeastern Oklahoma school districts

Obama Budget Would Invest in Pre-K, High School Overhaul

Oklahoma: Advancement Via Individual Determination

Race to the Top: D.C., Maryland and Georgia way back in the field

New Mexico May Face Loss of Federal Special Education Funds

Government Benefits, Grants

Grant to N.J. Ed Dept. contingent on Gov. Christie’s tenure

Arne Duncan Picks 16 Race to Top District Winners

Race to Top District Finalists Include New Hopefuls

Charter networks win Race to the Top-District

Who Gates is funding — the latest education grants

Gates Foundation gives $25 million to help charters, traditional schools cooperate

Texas: Spring Branch ISD expects to share in Gates grant

Five Unanswered Questions About District Race to the Top

Michigan coalition opposes Race to Top finalist in letter to Obama, Duncan

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