Overview:
The Secretary of Education may dedicate up to $650 million nationwide to local education agencies through the Innovation Fund. These grants will be awarded to eligible entities that have made significant gains in closing the achievement gap, to allow these entities to expand their work and serve as models for best practices, to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and to identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success. Grants will be awarded to (1) local education agencies or (2) a partnership between a non-profit organization and one or more local education agencies or a consortium of schools.
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