Jenny House joins Jeanne Hayes, Karen Billings, Farimah Schuerman, Leslie Wilson, and Diane Rapley – all collaborators on a free newsletter for education sales and marketing professionals, Education Channel Partner. You can support their work (and learn a lot!) by subscribing— … Continue reading
Last month the 2013 round of Invest in Innovation (i3) grants was launched. This year there will be $135 million awarded and obligated by December 31, 2013. That will mean spending will begin in early 2014. On May 3, the … Continue reading
Grants and funding for K-12 schools are always a hot topic, especially now that the election is over and we’ve jumped off the fiscal cliff. Education marketers have burning questions: What should we be doing to tap into sources of … Continue reading
Our own Jenny House was a guest blogger over at Mimio.com reviewing funding issues that relate to the purchase of classroom technology. Check out “FREE FUNDING GUIDES TO HELP YOU PURCHASE CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY” HERE.
For all the latest resources surrounding Hurricane Sandy, visit http://www.ed.gov/sandy The Department has established a toll-free Hurricane Sandy Hotline (1-855-385-9985) and Hurricane Sandy email address(EdSchoolInfo@ed.gov). The purposes of the hotline and email address are to provide answers to questions, make references to helpful … Continue reading
By Chevy Martin, Executive Editor RedRock Reports Last week we talked about the processes for leadership evaluation. This week, let’s look at the criteria. These criteria have been outlined by the professional organizations for leadership. A major function of professional … Continue reading
By Chevy Martin, Executive Editor, RedRock Reports Federal funding programs are now beginning to require the evaluation of school leaders as well as teachers to examine the overall success of schools. The newest Race to the Top competition for Districts … Continue reading
by Chevy Martin, Executive Editor, RedRock Reports The Alliance for Excellent Education sponsored a webinar on sequestration last week featuring Joel Packer, from the Committee for Education Funding and Tom Shelton, Superintendent of Fayette County Public Schools in Kentucky. They … Continue reading
by Chevy Martin, Executive Editor, RedRock Reports When the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) became law in 2002, it provided large sums of money to states for education. The program included very strict performance requirements, including a 2014 deadline … Continue reading
by Chevy Martin, Executive Editor, RedRock Reports Race to the Top District Application Released The final application for the $400 million Race to the Top District (RTT-D) has been released today. Districts or groups of districts proposing to serve at … Continue reading