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$100 Billion to schools that can demonstrate they are making an impact.

Posted June 12, 2009 1:04 PM by Ted Jackson

The Wall Street Journal reported today that the stimulus plan had $100 billion in it for school systems, with only one catch to the money. You had to demonstrate that you were making progress in improving the performance of students. This is money on top of all of the foundation money that is available to the same schools with the same challenge. "Show me you are making a difference."

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Can data help improve underperforming schools?

Posted November 24, 2008 9:10 AM by Ted Jackson

There has always been a big focus in the nonprofit community on helping improve public schools in America. Recently, I have seen a lot of information written about how foundations and others are helping schools use data to learn about what works and to drive results.

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