Category Archives: improving teacher quality

Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Final Guidelines

Posted on March 15, 2010 by meritsoftware

The U.S. Department of Education released its final guidelines for the $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grants.

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Surprising achievement gap among top U.S. students

Posted on February 11, 2010 by meritsoftware

There is a large gap in the achievement levels among top U.S. students in different socioeconomic subgroups according to a new research study.

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Investing in Innovation (i3) Grants Update

Posted on October 28, 2009 by meritsoftware

The U.S. Department of Education has issued additional guidance for its upcoming $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grants.

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Surprising Benefits of Getting It Wrong

Posted on October 28, 2009 by meritsoftware

Students learn more effectively when they make mistakes while trying to figure out the correct answers to questions, according to researchers profiled in the latest issue of Scientific American.

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Adolescent Literacy, Time to Act

Posted on September 25, 2009 by meritsoftware

Reorganizing priorities to strengthen adolescent literacy skills is critical for the U.S. education system to succeed, according to a new, comprehensive report from the Carnegie Corporation.

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Investing In Innovation (i3) Fund

Posted on August 26, 2009 by meritsoftware

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced preliminary guidelines for the $650 Million Investing In Innovation (i3) grant program.  Unlike the previously announced Race to the Top funds which were only for public schools, i3 funds will also … Continue reading →

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Ed-Tech Funding Guidance

Posted on July 29, 2009 by meritsoftware

Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance for applying for stimulus funds for the Enhancing Education though Technology (Ed-Tech) program. 

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How can we improve teacher quality? Malcolm Gladwell's article on teachers

Posted on December 17, 2008 by meritsoftware

Malcolm Gladwell tackles the controversial issue of hiring teachers in a new New Yorker piece Most Likely to Succeed “students of a very bad teacher will learn, on average, half a year’s worth of material in one school year. The … Continue reading →

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