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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=rt 1(800) USA-LEARN
GRANT/LOAN
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) (CFDA 84.385A) – To
support programs that develop and implement performancebased
teacher and principal compensation systems in
high-need schools that include gains in student academic
achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted
multiple times during each school year, among other factors.
The compensation systems also may provide educators
with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and
leadership roles. Eligible applicants are local educational
agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs in
their state, state educational agencies (SEAs), or partnerships
of (1) an LEA, an SEA, or both, and (2) at least one nonprofit
organization. The fiscal agent must be the SEA or LEA.
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS
Previous Fiscal Year Deadline – July 6,
2010
Contact – April Lee, U.S. Department of
Education, OESE, Academic Improvement
and Teacher Quality Programs, 400
Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 3E120, LBJ
Federal Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20202-6200, or at: (202) 205-5224, fax:
(202) 260-8969, e-mail: tif@ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/programs/
teacherincentive
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Striving Readers (CFDA 84.371A) – To raise student
achievement by improving the reading skills of middle and
high school students who are reading below grade level.
Supports the implementation and evaluation of researchbased
reading interventions for struggling readers in Title
I-eligible schools at risk of not meeting annual yearly progress
requirements under the ESEA and/or that have significant
percentages or numbers of students reading below grade level.
Mathematics and Science Partnerships (CFDA 84.366B)
– To improve the academic achievement of students in
mathematics and science by encouraging states, IHEs, LEAs,
and elementary and secondary schools to participate in
programs that: improve and upgrade the status and stature
of mathematics and science teaching by encouraging IHEs to
improve mathematics and science teacher education; focus on
the education of mathematics and science teachers as a careerlong
process; bring mathematics and science teachers together
with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to improve
their teaching skills; and develop more rigorous mathematics
and science curricula that are aligned with state and local
academic achievement standards that reflect expectations for
postsecondary study in engineering, mathematics, and science.
Contact – Marcia J. Kingman, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave., S.W., Room 3C118, Washington, D.C.
20202, or at: (202) 401-0003, e-mail:
marcia.kingman@ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/programs/
strivingreaders/index.html
Contact – Miriam Lund, Education
Program Specialist, U.S. Department of
Education, OESE, Academic Improvement
and Teacher Quality Programs, 400
Maryland Ave., S.W., 3E110, LBJ Federal
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-
6200, or at: (202) 401-2871, toll-free: (800)
872-5327 or (800) USA-LEARN, fax: (202)
260-8969, e-mail: miriam.lund@ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/programs/mathsci/
index.html
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