Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 0:52:22 GMT -6
Georgia is set to receive $16.5 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Education in an effort to improve student performance.
The School Improvement Grants Program, aimed at fulfilling “the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to provide adequate resources to substantially raise student achievement in their lowest-performing schools,” will allocated $113 million to Georgia, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah are splitting $113 million.
“When we launched this program at the beginning of the Obama Administration, we wanted to give states and school districts an opportunity to put unprecedented resources toward reforms that would increase graduation rates, reduce dropout rates and improve teacher quality for all students, particularly for those who most need good teaching to catch up,” said U.S. Secretary of Education John King in a press release.
While there is little push back on this grant in particular, proponents of local control oppose federal funding grants in general as they normally come with strings and standards attached.
Read more: evans.allongeorgia.com/georgia-receives-16-5-million-in-federal-education-funding/
The School Improvement Grants Program, aimed at fulfilling “the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to provide adequate resources to substantially raise student achievement in their lowest-performing schools,” will allocated $113 million to Georgia, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah are splitting $113 million.
“When we launched this program at the beginning of the Obama Administration, we wanted to give states and school districts an opportunity to put unprecedented resources toward reforms that would increase graduation rates, reduce dropout rates and improve teacher quality for all students, particularly for those who most need good teaching to catch up,” said U.S. Secretary of Education John King in a press release.
While there is little push back on this grant in particular, proponents of local control oppose federal funding grants in general as they normally come with strings and standards attached.
Read more: evans.allongeorgia.com/georgia-receives-16-5-million-in-federal-education-funding/