i3 Project Headlines Rural Education Webinar Series
The Parents as Teachers National Center’s BabyFace project, an i3 Validation grantee, will be featured in a Rural Schools Innovations Webinar series hosted by the Rural School and Community Trust on...
View ArticleIt’s Midnight. Do You Know Where Your Basketball Is?
That’s the operative question for nearly 150 young men on San Antonio’s East Side this summer who are participating in the inaugural season of Midnight Basketball at the Davis-Scott Family YMCA. As...
View Articlei3 Project Directors Gather to Learn, Share, and Begin a New Project Year
Solving pressing education problems at scale, managing challenges posed by geography, engaging the community in school improvement, and sustaining reform efforts beyond federal project funding —these...
View Articlei3 Program is a Public Sector Bright Idea
OII’s Investing in Innovation program—better known as i3—is among 111 Bright Ideas recognized by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government,...
View ArticleDepartment Announces Highest-rated Applications for Investing in Innovation...
(November 8, 2012) The U.S. Department of Education today announced results for the third round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, which will award the 20 highest-rated applications more...
View ArticleAll 2012 Investing in Innovation Top Applicants Secure Private Donors’ Support
(December 18, 2012) Today the U.S. Department of Education announced all 20 of the highest-rated applicants in the 2012 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition have secured their required...
View ArticleOII Grants Support More than Half of Race to the Top-District Winners
Ten grantees of the Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) are also 2012 Race to the Top-District (RTT-D) grant-award winners. On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Department of Education announced...
View ArticleMeet OII’s New Leader
I wanted to take the time to introduce myself to all of you and to thank you for stopping by our corner of the Web. Through my work at the Department over the last few years — whether through some of...
View ArticlePromise Neighborhoods Convene to Share and Learn
I was truly inspired by the peer–to-peer learning that quickly developed into the pervasive spirit of this year’s Promise Neighborhoods Directors Meeting. Our annual convening on June 13-14 brought...
View ArticleNational Conference Highlights Federal Grants to Charter Schools
When charter schools and their supporters are looking for federal funds, most head straight for the Office of Innovation and Improvement’s (OII’s) Charter Schools Program (CSP). With a FY 2013 budget...
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