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Learn more about
Stimulus Money Available for Education |
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May, 2009
Approximately $100 billion in stimulus dollars for education is available to states in April, 2009 with a 2nd installment available October 1, 2009. How will the money benefit your school? |
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M-W May 4-6, 2009
Flushing, M
W-F June 10-12, 2009
Boyne, MI
M-W June 15-17, 2009
Flushing, MI
T-Th July 14-16, 2009
Flushing, MI
M-W Aug 10-12, 2009
Fruitport, MI
M-W Aug 17-19, 2009
Flushing, MI click for details
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| Greetings,
If, like me, you are curious but confused about the windfall of stimulus money directed toward education, this newsletter is for you! You'll find links to several sites that will explain how the money can be used. For example, $10 billion has been allocated to Title I, part A which focuses on improving basic programs in schools with a certain percent of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Another $11.7 billion has been earmarked for IDEA, part B which targets special education for students from 3-21 years old.
You'll learn how the criteria for using the money is geared toward implementing or expanding EBLI preK - 12 in your school or district.
Enjoy educating yourself. We look forward to helping you implement 'more effective, efficient approaches' to reading instruction as outlined in the stimulus package requriements for education.
Sincerely,
Nora Chahbazi, President
EBLI/Ounce of Prevention Reading Center | |
| General Information
Visit the US Department of Education web site to learn more about the focus on education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. More specific guidelines can be found at the Education Reform site.
How rigorous is the 4th grade reading test in your state compared to the 4th grade NAEP (National Assessment of Education Practice)? Click here to find out.
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| Research on EBLI
Are you interested in doing a research project using EBLI in your school/district? We are looking for districts interested in doing research studies at any grade level that include pre- and post-testing of EBLI taught students and a control group. Please contact us for more information! |
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EBLI professional development - teaching your teachers as opposed to selling you 'stuff' - is a perfect solution to satisfying all the below requirements for using the stimulus dollars for improving reading results in your school/district!
An excerpt from the document:
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:
Using ARRA Funds to Drive School Reform and Improvement
April 24, 2009
Framing Questions for Decision Making
In considering how to best spend ARRA funds, decision makers should consider whether they can answer "yes" to these five questions:
1. Drive results for students?
Will the proposed use of funds drive improved results for students, including students in poverty, students with disabilities, and English language learners?
2. Increase capacity?
Will the proposed use of funds increase educators' long-term capacity to improve results for students?
3. Accelerate reform?
Will the proposed use of funds advance state, district, or school improvement plans and the reform goals encompassed in ARRA?
4. Avoid the cliff and improve productivity?
Will the proposed use of funds avoid recurring costs that states, school systems, and schools are unprepared to assume when this funding ends? Given these economic times, will the proposed use serve as "bridge funding" to help transition to more effective and efficient approaches?
5. Foster continuous improvement?
Will the proposed use of funds include approaches to measure and track implementation and results and create feedback loops to modify or discontinue strategies based on evidence?
Using short-term ARRA funds effectively will require new thinking and thoughtful conversations among state, district, and school leaders, as well as teachers, students, families, and communities. The first step is a careful examination of student achievement data to determine where to focus improvement efforts.
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Stimulus Funds for Michigan
To find out more about the first allocation of $369 million dollars to Title I funds for Michigan, check out this article from the MDE.
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