Missouri Education Watchdog: Public Private Partnership in Nationalized Education. Local Control is Non-Existent.

Missouri Education Watchdog: Public Private Partnership in Nationalized Education. Local Control is Non-Existent.:

Public Private Partnership in Nationalized Education. Local Control is Non-Existent.

by stlgretchen

From ed.gov and Education Department Launches 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition:

The U.S. Department of Education announced the start of the $150 million 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition today with the release of the program's invitation for pre-applications for the i3 "Development" grant category and the notice of final priorities for the i3 program overall. Today's announcement incorporates several improvements the Department has made to the grant competition in its efforts to support school districts and nonprofit organizations in partnership with schools to pursue innovative ideas that increase student success. 


The Development category, which funds grantees with promising but relatively untested ideas, has been the most popular of the three grant categories throughout the previous three i3 competitions.

In addition, this year the Department has modified the competition to assist grantees in