The American Recovery & Reinvestment ActOverview

March 2010

What we need to do: Improve student achievement Narrow achievement gaps Increase graduation and college enrollment rates Increase college attainment

Moving America’s Education System Forward

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GOAL PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GOAL

America will have the highest proportion of America will have the highest proportion of

college graduates of any country college graduates of any country

by 2020by 2020

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COLLEGE AND CAREER COLLEGE AND CAREER ATTAINMENTATTAINMENT

Cradle-to-Careers Education Plan

LITERACY & NUMERACY BY

3RD GRADE

INCREASED ACCESS

&AFFORDABILITY

COLLEGE & COLLEGE & CAREERCAREERK-12K-12EARLY EARLY

LEARNINGLEARNING

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EFFECTIVE TEACHING & LEARNING

The Big Picture: K-12 Reform Elements and Priorities

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

TEACHERS AND TEACHERS AND LEADERSLEADERS

TEACHERS AND TEACHERS AND LEADERSLEADERS

ALIGNED ALIGNED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION

ALIGNED ALIGNED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION

SCHOOLSCHOOLENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

SCHOOLSCHOOLENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

STANDARDS STANDARDS AND AND

ASSESSMENASSESSMENTSTS

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT TEACHING & TEACHING & LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP

STRUGGLISTRUGGLING NG

SCHOOLSSCHOOLS

DATA DATA SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

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System-Wide CapacitySystem-Wide Capacity

TitleTitle

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ARRA Advancing K-12 Reforms

Teacher Teacher Incentive $300 MIncentive $300 M

State Fiscal Stabilization $48.6 BState Fiscal Stabilization $48.6 B

Data Systems Data Systems $250 M$250 M

Ed Tech $650 MEd Tech $650 M

School Improvement School Improvement $3.5 B$3.5 B

Innovation Fund Innovation Fund $650 M$650 M

Race to the Top $4.35 B Race to the Top $4.35 B

College & CareerK - 12Early Learning

Title I$10 B

IDEA$12.2 B

TQP $100 M

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Program Awarded as of 3/12/10

SFSF $40 billion

Title I $10.0 billion

IDEA$12.2 billion

Student Financial Assistance $8.9 billion

Education Technology$649 million

Vocational Rehabilitation$539 million

School Improvement Grants$197 million

Independent Living$73 million

McKinney Vento Homeless$70 million

Teacher Incentive Fund$54 million

Impact Aid $40 million

Program Awards

ARRA Competitive Program Application Timelines

RTT Phase I

School Improvement Grants

SEAs & LEAs

Investing in Innovation (i3)

Teacher Incentive Fund

RTTPhase II

Winter 2009-2010 Spring 2010 Summer 2010

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ARRA Spending Timelines

9/30/11

SFSF Phase Two

Improvement Grants

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems

Race to the Top

ARRA Title I & IDEA

2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2014

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2012 Winter 2013 2015

Teacher Incentive Fund

9/30/11

12/31/13

if a waiver granted

within 4 years of the award

within 5 years of the award

School

within 3 years of award

Ed Tech Applications

Teacher Quality Partnership

Title I & IDEA ARRA Funds

►Race to the Top Phase II►School Improvement Grant

►Investing in Innovation Fund

►Teacher Incentive Fund

SLDSApplications

ARRA: Share Ideas & Combine Efforts

Previous TIF Awards2010 TIF Applications

RTT Phase One Applications

SFSF Phase TwoSFSF Phase Two [baseline for remaining grants]

U.S. Department of Education

ESEA REAUTHORIZATION

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Overarching Goal

Goal: All graduates have opportunities for success in the 21st century economy.

Goal: All students graduate high school on time prepared for at least one year of post-secondary.

Goal: All students enter middle school with foundational skills to tackle advanced subjects.

Goal: All kindergarten students arrive ready to learn and remain on track to 4th grade.

“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”

President Barack Obama, February 24, 2009

Elementary(Grades K-5)

Secondary (Grades 6-12)

Post-Secondary

Early Learning(Birth-grade 3)

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Overarching Principles

Raise the bar for all students. Close the gap.

Tight on goals. Loose on means.

Foster innovation and reward success.

Build on the four assurances.

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Fiscal Year 2011 Budget

Includes a $3 billion increase for programs under ESEA, and an additional $1 billion contingent on reauthorization – largest increase proposed in the 45-year history of the law.

Lays out a vision for the major themes for ESEA reauthorization: redefining the federal role in PK-12 education to focus less on compliance and more on rewarding success and supporting innovation.

Focus on maximizing impact by flexibility in approach, emphasizing competitive funding, accountability for outcomes, and evidence of results.

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Core Areas for ESEA Reauthorization

College- and Career-Ready Students

A Complete Education

Great Teachers and Great Leaders

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

Successful, Safe and Healthy Students

Fostering Innovation and Excellence

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College- and Career-Ready Students – Approach

Respond to greatest

challenges

Provideflexibility for

results

Recognize& reward success

Rethinking the federal accountability system• Use growth and progress to measure

schools.• Focus on closing achievement gaps.

Similar differentiation at district and state level

Schools in bottom 5%

Schools in next 5%

Achievement gaps

Most schools

School makinggreatest gains

Schools meeting all performance

targets

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Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

English Learnerso Strengthen programs for

English learners and support teachers of ELs, including through new competitive funds.

All programso Transparency on outcomes.o Greater flexibility.o Other minor changes to

address community concerns or implementation issues.

Maintain federal support for historically underserved groups.

English Learner Education

Migrant Education

Impact Aid

Neglected & Delinquent

Homeless Education

Indian Education

Alaska Native Education

Native Hawaiian Education

Rural Education

Support students with disabilities in IDEA and across ESEA.

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Great Teachers and Great Leaders - Principles

Treat teachers like the professionals they are.

Shift focus from inputs to outcomes.

Strengthen teacher and leader preparation.

Ensure equitable distribution of effective teachers and leaders.

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Great Teachers and Great Leaders - Structure

Improve the effectiveness and equitabledistribution of teachers & leaders.

Support ambitious reforms

in teacher & leader placement,

compensation, recognition & advancement.

Develop & scale up programs that

prepare teachers & leaders to be

effective where needed most.

Effective Teachers & Leaders ($2.5b)

Teacher & Leader Innovation Fund ($950m)

Teacher & LeaderPathways ($405m)

Meaningful evaluations

Equitable distribution

Preparation& support

Flexibilitywith results

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A Complete Education - Principles

Support high-quality instruction in high-need districts and schools.

Support implementation of college- and career-ready standards.

Focus on a complete and well-rounded education.

Improve low-income students’ access to accelerated and college-level coursework.

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Fostering Innovation & Excellence - Principles

Encourage States and districts to put in place conditions for innovation and reform.

Expand and sustain promising and proven innovations.

Expand the range and quality of educational choices available to students.

Empower families to make informed choices.