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McNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2009
Federal education officials last week pledged that the economic-stimulus program's $650 million innovation fund will reserve the largest grants for schools, districts, and nonprofit organizations that want to finance programs with proven track records and are ready to grow. In the U.S. Department of Education's first substantial preview of the…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Innovation, Pilot Projects, Improvement Programs
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2009
Federal education officials will face a variety of obstacles in running a $650 million innovation fund, from an expected flood of applications and concern about favoritism in picking winners, to skepticism about the government's ability to drive innovative change in education. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education--which last month offered…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Federal Programs