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Access websites, reports and video related to ARRA

Tapping Title I: What Every School Administrator Should Know about Title I, Pre-K and School Reform. (Pre-K Now/Pew Center on the States, January 2010). www.preknow.org/documents/TitleI_PartII_Jan2010.pdf

On Monday March 8, Secretary Duncan announced final priorities and the application guidelines and package for i3, the Investing in Innovation Fund. The Department of Education is sponsoring pre-application technical assistance sessions for potential applicants in three sites (Atlanta, Baltimore and Denver) and online via webinar. Applicants must register for the sessions online.

Read the press release about the announcement

Get complete information on the final priorities and application

Websites

Ready Kids Ready Schools (Communications Consortium Media Center)

Partnership for America’s Economic Success

Video

PreKindergarten – 3rd Grade: A New Beginning for American Education (New School Foundation and the Foundation for Child Development) www.prek-3rd.org/index.html

Reports

National forum, Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools: Building Policy on State and Community Successes (March 30-31, 2009) www.readykidsreadyschools2009.org/forum.html

Features case studies from the early education community; keynote by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Forum Report: www.readykidsreadyschools2009.org/forum/wkkf_national_forum_report.pdf

Title I and Early Education: Models for Using ARRA Funds (Center for Law and Social Policy). www.clasp.org/issues/pages?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0005

A Resource Guide for ARRA and Early Childhood Education (National Association for the Education of Young Children) www.naeyc.org/policy/arra/

Building a Solid Foundation: How states and school districts can use federal stimulus funds to support proficiency by third grade (New America Foundation) www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/building_solid_foundation

New Beginnings: Using Title 1 Funds to Support Local Pre-K Efforts (Pre-K Now/Pew Center on the States, September 2009) www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewcenteronthestatesorg/new_beginnings.pdf

What is SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) www.readykidsreadyschools2009.org/What_Is_SPARK.pdf

Beyond the School Yard: Pre-K Collaborations with Community-Based Partners (Pre-K Now/Pew Center on the States) www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewcenteronthestatesorg/Beyond_the_Schoolyard.pdf
Provides lessons learned about implementing partnerships most effectively, recommendations to help policy makers facilitate collaboration.

Promoting Quality in PreK-Grade 3 Classrooms (National Association of State School Boards) www.nasbe.org/index.php/ecen

Issue Brief: what it takes to leverage change across disparate systems

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