Federal i3: Giving Wing to Promising Ideas
Federal i3: Giving Wing to Promising Ideas
As the first grants issued under the federal Investing in Innovation, or i3, program wind down, Education Week examines the yield from the politically popular program.
Investing in Innovation: An Introduction to i3
The federal Investing in Innovation program, or i3, test-drives and scales up promising ideas in education. Here’s an introduction to the program. Read the Story
In Maine, Intervention Smooths 9th Graders’ Paths
The Building Assets-Reducing Risks program now being tested in Maine is among a handful of promising ideas that started as federal i3 grants.
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Popular Writing Program Found to Yield Gains
A two-year experimental study of the National Writing Project shows that the program has a positive effect on teachers’ instructional practices and their students’ writing. Read the Story
Federal Grants Boost N.C.'s 'Early College' High School Push
Funds from the Investing in Innovation program have helped some rural high schools in North Carolina to ramp up their dual enrollment efforts.
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i3 Grants: Findings From the First Round
The original 49 winners of the Obama administration’s Investing in Innovation competition are finishing their final evaluations by the end of this year. Our chart contains a selection of some of the largest grants among the 2010 grantees and what the evaluations have found so far. View the Chart
A version of this article appeared in the March 23, 2016 edition of Education Week