NEW: ProvPlan Among Highest-Rated Applications For Federal Funding
Friday, November 08, 2013
Today, the U.S. Department of Education today named The Providence Plan among the highest-rated applications for investing in innovation. The results were announced for the fourth round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, which awards the 25 highest-rated applications more than $135 million to expand innovative practices designed to improve student achievement. These 25 potential grantees were selected from 618 applications and representing thirteen states and the District of Columbia, and must secure matching funds by December 11 in order to receive federal funding.
Providence Plan was launched in 1992 as a joint effort of the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island to promote better collaboration between government, the private sector, and academic institutions.
"We're excited," said Providence Plan's Executive Director Patrick J. McGuigan. "When you receive national recognition, it raises local awareness. We're making a significant commitment to invest in children and families."
Eigteen of the 25 Highest-Rated Applications, including The Providence Plan, are in the “Development” category, and seven are in the “Validation” category This year, the Department did not identify any potential grantees for the “Scale-up” category, instead choosing to invest in promising projects in the other two categories.
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“In this era of rapid change, we must make sure that our students are keeping pace with the rigor, relevance and changing demands of the global job market,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “I am encouraged by the innovative ideas to accelerate student achievement demonstrated in these applications.”
As in the past, the Highest-Rated Applications this year address a variety of issues, including programs that develop and implement initiatives for training parents and families in the skills and strategies that support their children’s educational growth, and redesigning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) course content and instructional practices to engage students and increase their academic achievement.
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