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Federal i3: Giving Wing to Promising Ideas

As the first grants issued under the federal Investing in Innovation, or i3, program wind down, Education Week examines the yield from the politically popular program.

Federal i3 Grants: Findings From the First Round
See a selection of some of the largest grants among the 2010 i3 grantees and what their evaluations have found so far.
March 22, 2016
Science teacher Andrea Froburg, math teacher Jessica Cutliffe, and special educator Aimee Hall, from left to right, review a student鈥檚 file in a Building Assets-Reducing Risks meeting at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. Noble is testing the BARR program with i3 funding.
Science teacher Andrea Froburg, math teacher Jessica Cutliffe, and special educator Aimee Hall, from left to right, review a student鈥檚 file in a Building Assets-Reducing Risks meeting at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. Noble is testing the BARR program with i3 funding.
Sarah Rice for Education Week
Every Student Succeeds Act In Maine, Intervention Smooths 9th Graders' Paths
The Building Assets-Reducing Risks program now being tested in Maine is among a handful of promising ideas that started as federal i3 grants.
Sarah D. Sparks, March 22, 2016
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9 min read
Central Surry High School junior Cesar Landeros, above, welds metal plates together during a class assignment at Surry Community College, in Dobson, N.C.
Central Surry High School junior Cesar Landeros, above, welds metal plates together during a class assignment at Surry Community College, in Dobson, N.C.
Justin Cook/Redux for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Federal Grants Boost N.C.'s 'Early College' High School Push
Funds from the Investing in Innovation program have helped some rural high schools in North Carolina to ramp up their dual-enrollment efforts.
Alyson Klein, March 22, 2016
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5 min read
A teacher keys in student data during a meeting of educators at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. Noble High School is testing its Building Assets-Reducing Risks (BARR) program with i3 funding.
A teacher keys in student data during a meeting of educators at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. Noble High School is testing its Building Assets-Reducing Risks (BARR) program with i3 funding.
Sarah Rice for Education Week
Every Student Succeeds Act Investing in Innovation: An Introduction to i3
The ins and outs of the main "innovation pipeline" for promising pre-K-12 programs, which received more than $1.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Education since 2009.
Alyson Klein & Sarah D. Sparks, March 22, 2016
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9 min read
69传媒 & Literacy Popular Writing Program Found to Yield Gains
A two-year experimental study of the National Writing Project shows that the program has a positive effect on teachers' instructional practices and their students' writing.
Liana Loewus, March 22, 2016
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3 min read

Vol. 35, Issue 25