Tag Archives: SIG
Red Jackets On, City Year Supports At-Risk Students
CLEVELAND-You know them immediately by their red coats. And their enthusiasm. They are City Year corps members-young Americans who serve for a year in urban communities throughout the country, including in Cleveland and its public schools. On Wednesday afternoon, City … Continue reading
ED and USDA Promote the Value in Rural Partnerships
Land-grant university Cooperative Extension Services can be valuable partners for rural schools, particularly in distant and remote areas where other partnerships are hard to come by. During a recent webinar, School Improvement Grant (SIG) administrators in state education departments learned … Continue reading
Talking Educación with Puerto Rican Teachers
The challenges and opportunities in education were the topics of conversation last Friday, when teacher leaders and administrators from Puerto Rico visited ED to discuss the teaching profession and to meet with ED officials. The educators are in Washington as … Continue reading
SIG Grant Invested in Teachers, Technology at Rural Turnaround High School
Teachers and administrators in the rural village of DePue, Ill—more than 100 miles southwest of Chicago—are connecting with their colleagues and students in new and exciting ways as they lead the difficult work of turning around academic achievement in their … Continue reading
Supporting Rural Schools
Cross-posted from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Blog As I’ve mentioned in this blog before, we in OESE are taking a new approach to working and helping districts build capacity, especially those who serve diverse groups of … Continue reading
Building Capacity for School Turnaround: The 2011 School Improvement Grant Regional Conferences
This morning, I’m excited to help kick off the 2011 School Improvement Grant Eastern Regional Conference in Washington, DC – an intensive, two-day event for school, district, and state leaders who are working to turn around their lowest-performing schools. The … Continue reading
4-H and Extensions Offer Partners for School Turnarounds
“I couldn’t be more hopeful, more optimistic about your generation” Secretary Duncan told a group of nearly 500 4-H youth delegates earlier today at the National 4-H Youth Conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Secretary Duncan … Continue reading
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