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02/01/2010 | FY 2011 Budget Summary: Table of Contents
President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2011 budget on February 1, 2010. Hyperlinks are provided for the 2011 budget summary, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, budgets for programma...

01/27/2010 | Use of Education Data at the Local Level: From Accountability to Instructional Improvement
This U.S. Department of Education report found that significant progress has been achieved by both states and school districts in building educational data systems and using that data to improve instr...

01/12/2010 | Duncan Calls on State Legislators to Lift Barriers to Reform
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan strongly recommended state legislators to assume leadership in the school reform movement in their respective states and examine state laws to identify potential bar...

01/12/2010 | Education Department Announces Second Round of Public Meetings Seeking Advice from Experts on Ways to Improve Assessments
The U.S. Department of Education will hold three additional public meetings in the Washington, DC metro area to receive input from assessment experts and practitioners. The two-fold meeting goals are ...

12/07/2009 | Improving Low-Performing Schools: Lessons from Five Years of Studying School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind
Five years of Center on Education Policy (CEP) research in six states (California, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, and Ohio ) on state and local efforts to improve persistently low-performing s...

12/03/2009 | School Improvement Fund
The following information is provided regarding applying for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants for turning around the lowest performing schools in the nation: - Letter to Chief State S...

11/02/2009 | ED Recovery Act Report: Summary of Programs and State-by-State Data
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) Recovery Act Report includes the following: - Details each of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) education grants; - ARRA education grant...

10/29/2009 | U.S. Education Secretary Releases Statement on National Center for Education Statistics NAEP Report
In a press release regarding the National Center for Education Statistics NAEP Report, Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto NAEP Scales: 2005–2007, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that sta...

10/22/2009 | U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Says Colleges of Education Must Improve for Reforms to Succeed
In a recent major speech, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan challenged colleges of education to revise significantly their teacher preparation programs. Duncan stated that the bar must be raised to ...

10/01/2009 | State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08: Are Achievement Gaps Closing and Is Achievement Rising for All?
This Center on Education Policy (CEP) report analyzes testing data from Year 3 of its multiyear study of student achievement. Data analyses by subgroups from state tests used for No Child Left Behind ...

09/28/2009 | Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement
This Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide provides evidence-based recommendations and practical information for educators to use when working with out-of-school time programming to imp...

09/28/2009 | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for High School Improvement Summary Table
This summary table outlines U.S. Department of Education suggestions on ways in which ARRA funds may be expended to support high school improvement initiatives. ...

09/28/2009 | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for High School Improvement
This policy brief provides a brief overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds that can be used for high school improvement initiatives. Deadlines and descriptions related to t...

09/28/2009 | Achieving a Wealth of Riches: Delivering on the Promise of Data to Transform Teaching and Learning
This policy brief cites U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's comment at the Fourth Annual Institute of Educational Sciences conference in June 2009 regarding a future message to teachers to use ...

08/26/2009 | Title I School Improvement Grants-August 26, 2009
This fact sheet details draft requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants for states and districts to implement significant reforms to transform chronically low-performing schoo...

05/04/2009 | Compendium of Key Studies of the No Child Left Behind Act
This compendium contains brief summaries of major studies regarding the implementation and effects of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. ...

05/01/2009 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Stimulating the Economy and Advancing Reform
In the 5/1/09 issue of The Education Innovator, information is provided on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the four critical reforms to which states that accept ARRA funding must...

05/01/2009 | Supplemental Resources to Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success
The document, Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success, identifies five priority actions and implementation advice for investing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestmen...

04/24/2009 | Using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds to Drive School Reform and Improvement
This new document summarizes the use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds and includes questions decision makers should consider in deciding how best to spend ARRA funds....

04/03/2009 | Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The U.S. Department of Education released the second installment of government-wide guidance for carrying out programs and activities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....

04/01/2009 | Guidance on the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program
This guidance document supplies comprehensive information regarding the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program, including U.S. Department of Education interpretations of various statutory provisions....

04/01/2009 | Policy Letter on Proposed Changes to October 2008 Title I Regulations
This letter summarizes the changes proposed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the October 2008 Title I regulations....

04/01/2009 | Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success
This paper describes five priorities for actions when investing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds: - Develop common American academic content standards - Provide data and informa...

04/01/2009 | State ARRA Web Sites
This article provides links to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) information originating from the state executive branch and the state educational agency (SEA). If a state has two ARRA-rel...

04/01/2009 | Planning the Possible: How Schools Can Use Stimulus Dollars for Lasting Impact
This digital ASCD publication provides information on the use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus package funding, the relationship of sustained capacity building professional de...

03/31/2009 | Non-Regulatory Guidance on Equitable Services For Eligible Private School Students, Teachers, and Other Educational Personnel
This revised guidance assists state and local education agencies and private school officials in implementing equitable services for private school students and teachers for those programs governed by...

03/24/2009 | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—Saving and Creating Jobs and Reforming Education Presentation
This U.S. Department of Education presentation reviews guiding principles and funding available for programs funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act....

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