America’s Promise Alliance, Alliance for Excellent Education, Civic Enterprises and Everyone Graduates Center for John Hopkins University has released the 6th annual report update demonstrating progress towards a national quest to achieve a 90-percent high...
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Program Spotlight: Indiana Afterschool Network
According to a study by the Afterschool Alliance, roughly 11.3 million school-aged children are left alone and unsupervised during the hours after school. If offered, approximately 19.4 million children would participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs. Indiana...
Federal Grant Opportunity: First in the World
The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education has launched the First in the World (FITW) grant program for higher education institutions to drive innovations in higher education and increase college affordability, completion, and quality outcomes...
Federal Program Spotlight: Federal TRIO Programs
This post is part of Transform Consulting Group’s blog series highlighting federal programs that provide educational opportunities and/or youth development services in communities across the country. The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) include eight programs...
Transformational Organization Spotlight: College Success Coalition
The College Success Coalition (CSC) is a network of organizations powered by the American Student Achievement Institute that combine to improve student performance across the state of Indiana. This statewide network implements activities designed to prepare young...
Bringing TEDx to an Afterschool Program
Randy Wallock, a 7th grade Language Arts teacher, stumbled upon TEDx when trying to replace his school’s previous afterschool enrichment program. Inspired by TEDx and with an idea to enhance the afterschool program, Wallock applied for and received a license in...
New Preschool in America Report Released
The U.S. Department of Education released a new report, A Matter of Equity: Preschool in America, which highlights the current state of early childhood education programs in America and the parity gaps for specific populations. Some of the key highlights in the...
Preschool for All
Preschool expansion has been a hot topic over the past year as debates on quality education heat up and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is being reauthorized. Arne Duncan, the United States Secretary of Education, announced on the 50th...
English Learner Guidance
The U.S. Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) recently released guidance documents reaffirming the obligation under federal law that public schools must ensure English learner students have equal access to high-quality education. This comes on the 40th...