Congress left unfinished business in 2018. Lawmakers considered proposals to create education savings accounts (ESAs) for children in military families, but they failed to agree on how to redirect taxpayer resources from existing programs to create the accounts. In a proposal introduced by Representative Jim Banks (R–IN) and Senator Ben Sasse (R–NE), a portion of federal Impact Aid funding would have been repurposed to help federally connected students in military families find quality learning options.
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Charleston County School District (CCSD) has been recently
awarded a five-year grant worth $12 million which is an Education Innovation & Research (EIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
The EIR program provides funding to establish, implement, and evaluate evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to further enhance student achievement and attainment for high-need students.
CCSD’s grant project will focus on teacher choice in cultural competency training, according to
. The project will involve research to assess if the training will make a difference in the classroom.
“We are honored to be one of only 28 educational organizations throughout the country to be awarded the grant, and only five of those being school districts,” CCSD Chief Academic Officer Karolyn Belcher said. “This grant will allow us to tap into our greatest assets - our community and our teachers - to come up with new ways to consider the unique, diverse cultures of Charleston
Charleston Co. schools awarded $12 million federal grant
VIDEO: Charleston schools awarded $12 million federal grant By Riley Bean | December 16, 2020 at 10:57 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 12:32 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County School District says they have been awarded an Education Innovation & Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education says they sought projects centered on teacher choice in professional learning.
CCSD says it is five-year grant worth $12 million and its purpose is to “generate and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges.”
The grants encourage entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated ideas which the district says are intended to improve student achievement and rigorously evaluate these innovations.