CHS Student Greeted with Surprise Event
CCS Wins Second i3 Grant
CHS Student Greeted with Surprise Event
CCS Wins Second i3 Grant
Cabarrus County Schools has won its second i3 grant from the U . S . Department of Education . The Investing in Innovation ( i3 ) competition will award more than $ 103 million to launch and expand evidencebased practices that support educators and transform students ’ academic experiences . Fifteen applications were selected from 385 . Each of the 15 will have to secure matching private sector funds by December in order to receive federal funding .
Noah Monroe , Concord High School freshman battling cancer , was met with many warm surprises on the morning of November 22nd . He was picked up from home by Jon Wilson ( WCCB ) who told Noah they were going to deliver breakfast . To Noah ’ s surprise , they arrived in a fire truck , Noah ’ s favorite , at the school ’ s entrance . Noah was welcomed by students , staff , and cheerleaders who were offering encouragement and well wishes . Mayor of Concord Scott Padgett was in attendance and officially proclaimed November 22nd “ Noah Monroe Day ” in Concord .
If the required private funds are secured , CCS will receive nearly $ 3 million for the development of EMPOWER : Expanding Magnet Program Options , Widening Educational Reach , which addresses promotes diversity and will serve an estimated 10,008 students – 32 % of our district ’ s 31,300 students . EMPOWER strives to establish a continuum of high-quality K-12 magnet programs intentionally placed in high-need areas , combined with the layering of innovative noncognitive , socio-emotional , and academic supports and services , which will increase academic achievement and educational attainment outcomes while decreasing the racial , ethnic , and socioeconomic isolation of students attending our lowest-performing schools . This will ensure equity of curricula and instructional access for students attending our district ’ s lowest achieving , highest-poverty schools including those that have significant minority-asmajority student populations .
The i3 program awards grants across three categories — development , validation , and scale-up — that increase in size depending upon prior evidence of effectiveness .
“ Today ’ s announcement reflects educators ’ deep commitment to students ,” said U . S . Secretary of Education John B . King Jr . “ Educators are constantly developing new ideas to better assist their students , and i3 empowers educators to develop these approaches into practices that can benefit schools and districts across the country .”
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A signature program of the Obama Administration , i3 has galvanized educators across the country to develop , build out and apply research on practices that address the most persistent challenges in education . The Department launched the first i3 competition in 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act . Through the seven i3 grant competitions , the Department has received more than 5,000 i3 applications and , if this year ’ s potential grantees successfully secure their matching private sector funds , it will have funded 172 of them at more than $ 1.4 billion , in addition to more than $ 260 million in private sector funding .
CCS won its first i3 grant in 2013 , and the funds were awarded in January 2014 .
8 Jan / Feb 2017 • Parent Teacher Magazine