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i3 Winners Still Pounding Pavement for Private Funding - Politics K-12 - Education Week

i3 Winners Still Pounding Pavement for Private Funding - Politics K-12 - Education Week

i3 Winners Still Pounding Pavement for Private Funding

Some big name winners of Investing in Innovation Fund grants are still logging long hours, trying to secure their required 20 percent match before the Sept. 8 deadline (that's next Wednesday for those keeping score.)

So just how big are these big names still working the phones?

The Success for All Foundation, which is based in Baltimore and got the highest score among four "Scale Up" winners who are in line for grants of about $50 million, is still working the phones. Robert Slavin, the executive