/school-improvement-grants School Improvement Grants en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:34:09 GMT /leadership/hindsight-improves-the-picture-for-obama-era-school-improvement-program/2020/01 A decade after the Education Department launched its $7 billion school improvement grants and four years after Congress killed the program, the most comprehensive longitudinal study to date paints the much-maligned program in a potentially better light. Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:34:09 GMT /leadership/hindsight-improves-the-picture-for-obama-era-school-improvement-program/2020/01 /policy-politics/school-improvement/2018/09 A gloomy federal analysis of the Obama administration's multibillion dollar School Improvement Grant program missed the boat, according to a report released last week by FutureEd, a nonpartisan think tank at Georgetown University. Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:18:33 GMT /policy-politics/school-improvement/2018/09 /leadership/dismal-federal-study-of-school-improvement-grant-program-missed-the-boat-report-says/2018/09 A federal analysis on the School Improvement Grant program ignored more positive localized pictures of the program, and had design flaws, a new report says. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:17:55 GMT /leadership/dismal-federal-study-of-school-improvement-grant-program-missed-the-boat-report-says/2018/09 /leadership/eligibility-for-federal-school-improvement-grants-helped-ohio-students-study-says/2018/08 Academic achievement at Ohio schools eligible for School Improvement Grants during the Obama administration increased for a few years, a new study says, but SIG's legacy remains complicated. Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:22:04 GMT /leadership/eligibility-for-federal-school-improvement-grants-helped-ohio-students-study-says/2018/08 /education/opinion-school-improvement-grants-were-destined-to-fail/2017/01 Spending billions on out-of-school factors will result in better school performance. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:37:00 GMT /education/opinion-school-improvement-grants-were-destined-to-fail/2017/01 /policy-politics/school-improvement/2017/01 Adopting a school improvement model under the multibillion-dollar federal school improvement grants didn't lead to any significant improvements in students' math or reading test scores, graduation rates, or college enrollment, according to the Institute of Education Science's final evaluation report on the program. Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:25:27 GMT /policy-politics/school-improvement/2017/01 /education/technical-assistance-key-to-rural-school-principals-in-sig-work-report-finds/2016/05 Just 5 percent of principals reported implementing all 12 of the School Improvement Grant transformation strategies, and on average, principals reported fully implementing six out of the 12. Thu, 19 May 2016 18:56:33 GMT /education/technical-assistance-key-to-rural-school-principals-in-sig-work-report-finds/2016/05 /leadership/school-improvement/2016/04 The federal School Improvement Grants led to significant turnover among leaders and teachers in persistently struggling schools, finds the final report in a series of 12 studies on the grants that were conducted by the American Institutes for Research for the Institute of Education Sciences. Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:00:06 GMT /leadership/school-improvement/2016/04 /policy-politics/u-s-department-of-education-remakes-school-improvement-grant-program/2015/02 States can cook up their own turnaround interventions for low-performing schools using federal SIG dollars and submit them to the U.S. Secretary of Education for approval. Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:37:17 GMT /policy-politics/u-s-department-of-education-remakes-school-improvement-grant-program/2015/02 /policy-politics/congress-tweaks-school-improvement-grants-i3-in-spending-bill/2014/12 Lawmakers want the School Improvement Grant program to be more flexible for states. And they want to see the Investing in Innovation grant program focused on high schools. Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:27:19 GMT /policy-politics/congress-tweaks-school-improvement-grants-i3-in-spending-bill/2014/12 /policy-politics/how-well-did-schools-implement-school-improvement-grants/2014/10 None of the low-performing schools participating in an IES survey took all the steps they were encouraged to take. Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:56:26 GMT /policy-politics/how-well-did-schools-implement-school-improvement-grants/2014/10 /policy-politics/education-department-proposes-big-changes-to-school-improvement-grant-program/2014/09 Floundering schools that receive federal turnaround dollars would get some new options for using the money under draft guidance slated to be published in the federal register Monday. Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:55:13 GMT /policy-politics/education-department-proposes-big-changes-to-school-improvement-grant-program/2014/09 /teaching-learning/school-improvement-grant-reanalysis-shows-smaller-gains-than-first-reported/2014/02 A revamped analysis of the Obama administration's controversial and costly School Improvement Grant program continues to show that billions of federal dollars produced mixed results. Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:46:39 GMT /teaching-learning/school-improvement-grant-reanalysis-shows-smaller-gains-than-first-reported/2014/02 /education/school-improvement-grant-program-gets-mixed-grades-in-ed-dept-analysis/2013/11 Two-thirds of schools that entered the federal School Improvement Grant program in its first year have seen gains in student achievement, but another third saw declines or no change. Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:00:54 GMT /education/school-improvement-grant-program-gets-mixed-grades-in-ed-dept-analysis/2013/11 /leadership/opinion-andre-dunbars-journey-for-justice/2012/09 Guest post by Andre Dunbar.My name is Andre Dunbar. I am a senior at William L. Sayre High School in Philadelphia, and I am a student organizer with the Philadelphia Student Union. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:46:37 GMT /leadership/opinion-andre-dunbars-journey-for-justice/2012/09 /policy-politics/turnaround-watch Education Week, the Education Writers Association, and聽The Hechinger Report聽partnered with 18 news outlets for this special series examining how $3 billion in federal School Improvement Grants is being used in efforts to revitalize some of the nation's lowest-performing schools. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/turnaround-watch /policy-politics/gao-criticizes-ed-dept-on-school-improvement-grant-program/2012/04 ED needs to do a better job of making sure that the performance of contractors hired through the School Improvement Grant program is reviewed, and of making sure states have the information they need to make grant renewal decisions. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:34:28 GMT /policy-politics/gao-criticizes-ed-dept-on-school-improvement-grant-program/2012/04 /policy-politics/opinion-ellen-holmes-neas-priority-schools-focus-on-teacher-expertise-parent-and-community-involvement/2012/03 Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCody Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:24:51 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-ellen-holmes-neas-priority-schools-focus-on-teacher-expertise-parent-and-community-involvement/2012/03 /policy-politics/opinion-flipping-the-script-on-turnarounds-why-not-retain-teachers-instead-of-reject-them/2012/03 Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCody Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:46:36 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-flipping-the-script-on-turnarounds-why-not-retain-teachers-instead-of-reject-them/2012/03 /policy-politics/opinion-spinning-the-numbers-on-turnarounds-school-improvement-grant-controversy-brews/2012/03 Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCody Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:08:32 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-spinning-the-numbers-on-turnarounds-school-improvement-grant-controversy-brews/2012/03 /education/a-school-improvement-grant-report-card-from-cep/2012/03 State officials are generally optimistic about the School Improvement Grant program's potential but have a lot of ideas for perfecting it, an advocacy and research group finds. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:01:31 GMT /education/a-school-improvement-grant-report-card-from-cep/2012/03 /leadership/school-improvement/2012/02 Urban district officials say the School Improvement Grant program will make a difference in the long run for schools that are struggling the most. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:44:56 GMT /leadership/school-improvement/2012/02 /policy-politics/school-turnaround/2011/11 Half the districts receiving School Improvement Grant funding reported in the early 2011 that it was too soon to tell whether the grants had made a difference. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:12:26 GMT /policy-politics/school-turnaround/2011/11 /policy-politics/sig-schools-offered-waivers/2011/08 The transformation model in the School Improvement Grant program requires professional development for teachers. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:33:55 GMT /policy-politics/sig-schools-offered-waivers/2011/08 /education/report-federal-funding-sharpens-focus-on-rural-schools/2011/08 Eighteen percent of the country's lowest-performing schools that will receive federal School Improvement Grant are rural, according to analysis from Education Sector. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:56:31 GMT /education/report-federal-funding-sharpens-focus-on-rural-schools/2011/08 /policy-politics/school-improvement-grants/2011/05 More than 70 percent of schools participating in the federal School Improvement Grant program are using the relatively flexible option known as "transformation" to make academic upgrades. Tue, 10 May 2011 22:31:02 GMT /policy-politics/school-improvement-grants/2011/05 /leadership/a-tool-for-tracking-school-improvement-grants/2011/04 Education Sector, a Washington think tank, has created an online tool that allows the public to examine how states are using $3.5 billion in federal School Improvement Grants. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:54:52 GMT /leadership/a-tool-for-tracking-school-improvement-grants/2011/04 /policy-politics/school-improvement-grant-efforts-face-hurdles/2011/04 States and districts grapple with turning around schools and making big changes in a tight time frame. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:18:37 GMT /policy-politics/school-improvement-grant-efforts-face-hurdles/2011/04 /education/schools-drill-down-into-use-of-school-improvement-grants/2011/02 The transformation model, often viewed as the least restrictive turnaround model under the federal program, again proves most popular, surveys by the Center on Education Policy show. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:42:31 GMT /education/schools-drill-down-into-use-of-school-improvement-grants/2011/02 /policy-politics/changes-for-tif-school-improvement-grants-in-spending-bill/2010/12 The Teacher Incentive Fund and the School Improvement Grant program would see some tweaks under the giant spending bill under consideration in the Senate. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:29:59 GMT /policy-politics/changes-for-tif-school-improvement-grants-in-spending-bill/2010/12