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One Third of Schools Receiving Stimulus-Funded 'Student Improvement Grants' Showed Declines
November 24, 2012
Three years ago, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that the Obama administration would spend $3.5 billion -- including $3 billion in stimulus funding -- on Student Improvement Grants. The money, he said, would "support the transformational changes that are needed to turn around the nation's lowest-achieving schools."
Now, after the Obama administration spent up to $2 million per school at more than 1,300 of the nation's lowest-performing schools, the data shows that one third of schools receiving SIG funding had declines in achievement -- a "not surprising finding," the Education Department said, "given the steep institutional challenges that these schools face."
"There's dramatic change happening in these schools, and in the long-term process of turning around the nation's lowest-performing schools, one year of test scores only tells a small piece of the story," Duncan said on in a Nov. 19 news release.
But the Education Department says in three main areas, there are signs of "positive momentum" and progress:
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June 19, 2013 07:15 PM
That’s exactly what happened, as evidenced by this quote from President Obama at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland: 'If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have theirs, if we can't see ourselves in one another and fear or resentment are allowed to harden—that too encourages division and discourages cooperation,' […]
Amanda Marcotte: GOP politicians obsessed with young women having sex
June 19, 2013 05:46 PM
Logic is not exactly Amanda Marcotte’s strong suit. Case in point: Marcotte can’t seem to wrap her head around the idea that Republicans are capable of having opinions about abortion. The only way she can explain it is that they’re icky: It is always unnerving to realize how many creepy Republican politicians were once gynecologists.— […]
Chuck Grassley: IRS employees to receive $70 million in bonuses [correction added]
June 19, 2013 04:48 PM
After all the scandals & abuse of power coming from IRS, $70 million taxpayer dollars will be awarded to IRS employees in bonuses #IRS #tcot— CUCollegeRepublicans (@CampbellGOP) June 19, 2013 If this is true, it’s absolutely outrageous. According to Sen. Chuck Grassley, IRS employees are set to receive $70 million in bonuses. $70 million. From […]
‘Occupied': Protesters blockade Chicago elementary school to protest closing [photos]
June 19, 2013 04:36 PM
Last month, the Chicago Board of Education voted to close dozens of schools, and one of them was Lafayette Elementary. According to recent tweets, there is now some sort of “occupation” of the school under way, as well as a protest forming outside. According to Twitter users on the scene, the blockade/occupation includes parents and […]
Matthew Yglesias struggles to understand illegal immigration policy
June 19, 2013 04:08 PM
For once, Slate writer Matthew Yglesias is right. He is confused. His confusion comes in the wake of Ramesh Ponnuru’s observation that the Congressional Budget Office thinks the Gang of Eight bill will reduce future illegal immigration by only 25 percent. @RameshPonnuru writes CBO report has 'driven a stake through the heart of the Gang of […]
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