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	<title>NEA Priority Schools Campaign</title>
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	<description>The National Education Association working to turn around lower-performing schools and raise academic achievement</description>
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		<title>Chicago Study: Leadership, Collaboration Are Keys to Transforming Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Ellen Flannery
As educators and policy-makers struggle to find solutions to the persistent problems in low-performing priority schools, there’s a new book that lights the way to school reform that works.
Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, a recent release from the University of Chicago Press, looks at student achievement data from the early [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/02/17/alabama-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Alabama Schools Turn Tide Through Focus on Collaboration, Outreach'>Alabama Schools Turn Tide Through Focus on Collaboration, Outreach</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/07/13/solving-the-attendance-issue-at-priority-schools/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Solving the Attendance Issue at Priority Schools'>Solving the Attendance Issue at Priority Schools</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/07/22/chicago-study-leadership-collaboration-are-keys-to-transforming-schools/</link>
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		<title>Final Title I School Improvement Grant (SIG) Requirements and Application Procedure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For application and details: http://www.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html 
Application Deadline:          February 8, 2010
SEA Requirements

ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.  Provide a list, by LEA name and NCES ID #, of each school designated as Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III in the state. 
EVALUATION CRITERIA.  Provide the criteria to be used to evaluate the LEA’s application for a SIG grant. 
CAPACITY.  Explain how SEA [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/03/29/washington-selects-nine-districts-for-sig-funds/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Washington Selects Nine Districts for SIG Funds'>Washington Selects Nine Districts for SIG Funds</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/04/06/faqs-on-the-school-improvement-fund/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: FAQs on the School Improvement Fund'>FAQs on the School Improvement Fund</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/07/21/final-title-i-school-improvement-grant-sig-requirements-and-application-procedure/</link>
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		<title>FAQs About SIG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The  U.S. Department of Education has a useful Frequently Asked Questions guide for the School Improvement Fund. Click the link below to see the guide and learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions &#8211; School Improvement Fund


Related posts:FAQs on the School Improvement Fund
FAQs on School Improvement Grants for Illinois Schools



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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/05/10/faqs-on-school-improvement-grants-for-illinois-schools/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: FAQs on School Improvement Grants for Illinois Schools'>FAQs on School Improvement Grants for Illinois Schools</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/07/19/faqs-about-sig/</link>
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		<title>Solving the Attendance Issue at Priority Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting next month, students from across the country will begin returning to school for a new academic year.
The challenge at many lower-performing priority schools is to get those students to keep returning, day after day.
Any educator at a priority school will tell you that each day of instruction is precious, especially when students have multi-year [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/03/01/education-leaders-plan-collaboration-on-priority-schools/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Education Leaders Plan Collaboration on Priority Schools'>Education Leaders Plan Collaboration on Priority Schools</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/02/priority-schools-101/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Is the Priority Schools Campaign?'>What Is the Priority Schools Campaign?</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/07/13/solving-the-attendance-issue-at-priority-schools/</link>
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		<title>Schools Awarded SIG Funds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on a state below to see the schools that have been award School Improvement Grants (SIG) and to see which of the 4 models was selected for each school: transformation, turnaround, restart or closure.
Alabama SIG Schools
Indiana SIG Schools
Iowa SIG Schools
New Jersey SIG Schools
New Mexico SIG Schools
North Carolina SIG Schools
Ohio SIG Schools
Oklahoma SIG Schools
Oregon SIG [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/sig-grant-totals-by-state-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SIG Grant Totals by State'>SIG Grant Totals by State</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/04/12/oregon-county-plans-sig-funds-for-four-schools/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Oregon County Plans SIG Funds for Four Schools'>Oregon County Plans SIG Funds for Four Schools</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/03/25/tuscaloosa-to-target-three-schools-with-sig-funds/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tuscaloosa to Target Three Schools With SIG Funds'>Tuscaloosa to Target Three Schools With SIG Funds</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/24/schools-awarded-sig-by-state/</link>
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		<title>Priority Schools Campaign Pledge Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do we expose and close the education gaps that deny our students the basics and keep opportunity always a zip code or two away? By showing that our communities will no longer sit quietly at the back of the line for quality teachers and adequate resources. Students succeed if adults intercede, working together and [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/02/25/nea-priority-schools-campaign-disrupting-the-status-quo/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NEA Priority Schools Campaign: Disrupting the Status Quo'>NEA Priority Schools Campaign: Disrupting the Status Quo</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/04/priority-schools-campaign-national-conference-materials/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priority Schools Campaign &#8211; National Conference Materials'>Priority Schools Campaign &#8211; National Conference Materials</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/23/priority-schools-campaign-pledge-card/</link>
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		<title>SIG Grant Totals by State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

The U.S. Department of Education has approved School Improvement Grant applications (click on state name to see the application) for several states and has announced the amount of grant money those states will receive. The states that currently have approved SIG applications include:
Alabama: $58 million
Alaska: $10.7 million
Arizona: $70 million
* Click here for an overview of SIG funds in Arizona
California: $416 [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/04/05/union-state-officials-plan-collaboration-for-hawaiian-priority-schools/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Union, State Officials Plan Collaboration for Hawaiian Priority Schools'>Union, State Officials Plan Collaboration for Hawaiian Priority Schools</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/24/schools-awarded-sig-by-state/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Schools Awarded SIG Funds'>Schools Awarded SIG Funds</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/sig-grant-totals-by-state-2/</link>
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		<title>What K-12 Educators Can Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign needs the commitment of K-12 educators to help make real and lasting change for Priority school students and their teachers. Many of today’s students face tremendous challenges to academic success. The Priority Schools Campaign is the work of NEA members in struggling schools to meet these challenges and close student achievement gaps for all students.
Learn how [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-student-members-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Student Members Can Do'>What Student Members Can Do</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-education-support-professionals-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Education Support Professionals Can Do'>What Education Support Professionals Can Do</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-k-12-educators-can-do/</link>
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		<title>What Education Support Professionals Can Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign is the work of NEA members in struggling schools to raise student achievement and transform public education. That’s where you come in: about 75 percent of education support professionals (ESPs) live, work, shop, and vote in the same school district as their students. NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign needs your commitment and community connections to help close achievement [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-retired-educators-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Retired Educators Can Do'>What Retired Educators Can Do</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-student-members-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Student Members Can Do'>What Student Members Can Do</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-education-support-professionals-can-do/</link>
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		<title>What Student Members Can Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign needs the energy and passion of student educators to help give every child a great public school. Many of today’s students face tremendous challenges to academic success. The Priority Schools Campaign is the work of NEA members in struggling schools to meet those challenges and close student achievement gaps for all students.
Learn how to get involved:
What [...]


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<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-retired-educators-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Retired Educators Can Do'>What Retired Educators Can Do</a></li>
<li><a href='http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-higher-education-members-can-do/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Higher Education Members Can Do'>What Higher Education Members Can Do</a></li>
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		<link>http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/what-student-members-can-do/</link>
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