$3.5 billion in Title I grants on the way.

$3.5 billion in Title I grants on the way. ALTHOUGH STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS HAVE been focused recently onthe Race to the Top fund, they are also looking at another pool of moneyscheduled to come their way in early 2010: $3.5 billion in Title 1School Improvement Grants. These grants, funded by a FY2009appropriation of $546 million and an additional $3 billion from theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment ReinvestmentUsing dividends, interest and capital gains earned in an investment or mutual fund to purchase additional shares or units, rather than receiving the distributions in cash.1. In terms of stocks, it is the reinvestment of dividends to purchase additional shares. Act (ARRA), will be disbursed tostates in proportion to their Title 1 eligibility. School districts willthen apply to their respective states for subgrants. Speaking about the grants in late August, Education Secretary ArneDuncan Arne Duncan (born 11-6-1964) is an American education administrator and basketball player who is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools.Duncan attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. said, If we are to put an end to to destroy.- Fuller.See also: End stubborn cycles of poverty andsocial failure, and put our country on track for long-term economicprosperity, we must address the needs of children who have long beenignored and marginalized in Chronically low-achieving schools. Under the proposed rules, each district receiving funding wouldneed to demonstrate its commitment to raising student achievement byemploying one of four interventions in each of its qualifyinglow-performing schools. * Turnaround. The principal and at least 50 percent of the staffwould be replaced, and changes would be made to the governance structureand the instructional program. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Restart To resume computer operation after a planned or unplanned termination. See boot, warm boot and checkpoint/restart. . The school would close and reopen re��o��pen?tr. & intr.v. re��o��pened, re��o��pen��ing, re��o��pens1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. under the managementof an educational or charter management organization. * Closure. The school would close, and students would be assignedto other schools in the: district. * Transformation. The district would initiate a sweeping change inthe school that would include replacing the principal, extendinglearning time for students and planning time for teachers, and providingsustained support. In order to ensure that districts carefully match schools withappropriate intervention methods, any district with rune runeAny of the characters within an early Germanic writing system. The runic alphabet, also called futhark, is attested in northern Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from about the 3rd century to the 16th or 17th century AD. or morequalifying schools In professional golf the term Qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. would not be permitted to use any one method in morethan half of its schools.