A new interactive map from Education Sector looks closely at the 843 schools that have been selected as school improvement grantees so far, and how they are spending the money. Schools improvement grantees can receive $6 million per school over a three-year period. The combined grants are expected to serve 594,117 students.
Grantees are found in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Most grantees (58%) are urban schools, but rural and suburban schools make up roughly 18% each, and schools in towns comprise 7% of awards. Nearly half of the grantees are high schools, 25% are elementary schools, 20% are middle schools, and 6% fall into another category.
Four reform models are available to each school receiving a grant: transformation, turnaround, restart and closure. Of those schools implementing grants, 73% are employing the transformation model, 21% are pursuing school turnaround, 4% are using the restart model, and 2% are closing. Urban schools are using more diverse approaches than those schools in other locations.
To peruse the interactive map, and read a report on findings of the analysis, visit http://www.educationsector.org/publications/portrait-school-improvement-grantees.
For an Education Week article on the challenges that SIG recipients are facing, see http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/04/27/29sig.h30.html?tkn=UZZFvx4aqzc1UMt5LnTx2CTyD9rPF%2F7drlMw&cmp=clp-edweek
