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School Districts’ Perspectives on the Economic Stimulus Package: School Improvement Grants Present Uncertainty and Opportunity
Published: August 30, 2010
This report highlights the extent to which school districts have experience with implementing the four federally-mandated school reform models intended to improve the nation’s lowest performing 5% of schools. Approximately $3 billion was provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for grants to districts to carry out these models. As of last school year, fewer than 12% of the nation’s school districts had implemented any of the four reform models, and among these districts, there were varying degrees of success with the models.
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Full Report (PDF format, 397 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=ScottKober%5FReport%5FARRASchoolImprovementGrants%5F083110%2EpdfAppendices (PDF format, 109 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=Appendices%5FARRASchoolImprovementGrants%5F083110%2Epdf
Media Advisory (PDF format, 15.1 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=MediaAdvisory%5FARRASchoolImprovmentGrants%5F083110%2Epdf