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Schools That Can

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Jim Shelton

For each of the last three years, Secretary Duncan has started the school year with a bus tour visiting schools and communities across the country to find what’s working in education and to hear the concerns, insights, and lessons learned … Continue reading →

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Reading Recovery: i3 Grantee Has Immediate Impact on Young Readers

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Guest Blogger

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 →

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Duncan Talks College Affordability in South Carolina

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

“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 →

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i3 Grant Puts “I” in Team

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Julie Ewart

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 →

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‘Investing in Innovation’ Creates STEM Awards

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Guest Blogger

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 →

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A Network of Strong Supporters for Brown Street Academy, Milwaukee

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Guest Blogger

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 →

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Launching the FY2011 Investing in Innovation (i3) Competition

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

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 →

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