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Reading Recovery: i3 Grantee Has Immediate Impact on Young Readers
When young children struggle to read, they can quickly fall behind their classmates in a number of subjects. Teachers with the 27-year old Reading Recovery program work one-on-one with 1st graders to rapidly reverse that descent, developing tailored strategies that … Continue reading
Duncan Talks College Affordability in South Carolina
“If college is unaffordable, then it will become unattainable,” Secretary Arne Duncan tweeted while in South Carolina last Friday during a one-day, three-city visit that focused on innovative education reform and keeping college affordable for America’s families. Duncan began the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Student Aid, Headlines, Innovation, News, Rural
Tagged College Affordability, HBCUs, i3
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i3 Grant Puts “I” in Team
As a 9th grade counselor at St. Louis Park Senior High School in suburban Minneapolis, Angie Jerabek was jarred by the 45 percent failure rate posted by the school’s freshmen in 1998. She responded to the challenge by developing a … Continue reading
‘Investing in Innovation’ Creates STEM Awards
Cross-posted from the White House Blog. The Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) competition provides funding to school districts and non-profit organizations around the country to develop new approaches to longstanding challenges in education. Today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the … Continue reading
A Network of Strong Supporters for Brown Street Academy, Milwaukee
Many senior staffers at the Department of Education hit the road last week as part of Secretary Arne Duncan’s back-to-school bus tour. On Thursday, ED’s chief of staff Joanne Weiss, visited Brown Street Academy, a designated Investing in Innovation Fund … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Headlines, Innovation, News, Schools and Community
Tagged i3, Investing in Innovation
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Launching the FY2011 Investing in Innovation (i3) Competition
Today, the U.S. Department of Education launched the 2011 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition. This second round of i3 makes $150 million available to school districts and non-profit organizations to continue support of innovative approaches that significantly improve teacher effectiveness … Continue reading