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ERIC Number: ED438596
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2000-Feb
Pages: 59
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Promising Initiatives To Improve Education in Your Community: A Guide to Selected U.S. Department of Education Grant Programs and Funding Opportunities.
Department of Education, Washington, DC.
This catalog shares detailed information about selected grant initiatives, describes some exemplary grantees for each program, and highlights resources available from the U.S. Department of Education to help schools, colleges, and communities address pressing education issues. It covers grant information on class-size reduction, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, the Reading Excellence Act, the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, safe and drug-free schools, the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Project, public charter schools program, the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, the College Assistance Migrant Program and High School Equivalency Program, Teacher Quality Enhancement grants, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Program, the Bilingual Professional Development Program, the GEAR UP for College Program, the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships, and New American High Schools. Some new initiatives and funding opportunities that are described include the Smaller Learning Communities Initiative, the Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Program, Safe and Drug-Free Schools--Alternative Education Programs for Suspended and Expelled Youth, and American Indian teacher corps professional-development grants. The grant descriptions include the number of awards given, the amount of money awarded, funding plans for the current year, and listings of Web sites for further information. (RJM)
ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 800-872-5327 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html. For full text: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/promisinginitiatives/.
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
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