The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for its $120 million Race to the Top district level grant competition, which will support bold, locally directed improvements in learning and teaching that will directly improve student achievement and...
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Schools with Community Partnerships Offer the Best Results
A new paper from the Coalition for Community Schools demonstrates the importance of community schools and explores the relationship between community schools, Promise Neighborhoods, and other cradle-to-career, place-based strategies. The Role of Community...
Key Ways Museums and Libraries Support Young Children
Transform Consulting Group is highlighting the capacity of museums and libraries as an often overlooked resource to support early learning efforts. The federal Institute of Museum and Libraries Services (IMLS) and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading recently...
Tips and Resources for Volunteer Recruitment
Transform Consulting Group recently helped recruit summer workshop volunteers for College Summit, an organization dedicated to increasing the college enrollment rates of youth from low-income communities. Many organizations rely on volunteers to help staff...
New Indianapolis Grant: Community Crime Prevention
Does your organization run a crime prevention program? The Indianapolis Foundation will be accepting applications from July 1 – July 31, 2013 from organizations that have experience in local crime prevention and/or crime reduction efforts. The Indianapolis Foundation...
Guidance for Creating Promise Neighborhoods
A new report from The Urban Institute, Measuring Performance: A Guidance Document for Promise Neighborhoods on Collecting Data and Reporting Results, provides recommendations on data collection and strategies to track progress over time and ensure program...