HOW USDE SECRETARY DR. JOHN KING, JR. SHARES ODDS AND ENDS -DID YOU KNOW ... ? (1289 hits)
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ODDS AND ENDS
• The Department recently announced the first grant competition under the Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive Program (https://innovation.ed.gov/…/teacher-and-school-leader-inc…/…), providing funding for states, districts, and non-profit entities to support, train, and reward excellent teachers and school leaders.
• To promote literacy and boost educational outcomes for children living in public housing, the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Education and several non-profits partners launched a Book-Rich Environment (BRE) Initiative (https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD…).
• As a follow-up to its 2014 and 2015 reports and the culmination of its Advancing Equity work stream, the White House Council on Women and Girls released an updated report (https://www.whitehouse.gov/…/2016%20CWG%20WGOC%20REPORT%20.…) and hosted a forum (http://links.govdelivery.com/track…), spotlighting innovative solutions and placed-based work that is happening throughout the country to advance equity for women and girls of color (fact sheet - (http://links.govdelivery.com/track…).
• The Department’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a set of data tables (https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp…) and accompanying documents (https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp…) with information about reports on bullying and cyber-bullying in schools (blog post).
• The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has launched a free, online training series on Group Design Standards (https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/onlinetraining…). This training offers an easy-to-access way to learn about elements of the WWC standards, increase transparency of the review process, and promote the use of high-quality research. Moreover, completing the training is a first step in WWC Reviewer Certification (blog post - https://ies.ed.gov/…/sharing-our-recipe-...
