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  2. Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 - Wikipedia

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    President Bill Clinton signs the act at Framingham High School, October 1994. It included provisions or reforms for: The Title 1 program, providing extra help to disadvantaged students and holding schools accountable for their results at the same level as other students; Charter schools; Safe and Drug-free schools; Eisenhower Professional ...

  3. Education policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2021, federal funding pays for about 8% of all expenses in primary and secondary education. Federal funding is provided by several government agencies, including the Department of Education, the Head Start program of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the school lunch program of the Department of Agriculture. [2]

  4. Safe Schools/Healthy Students - Wikipedia

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    Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) is a grant program funded by the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Justice, and United States Department of Health and Human Services that helps school districts, in partnership with mental health providers, law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies, implement projects that create safe and healthy schools and communities.

  5. National Adoption Day - Wikipedia

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    On National Adoption Day courts and communities in the United States come together to finalize thousands of adoption of children from foster care. More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to finalize the adoptions of children in foster ...

  6. Innovations for Learning - Wikipedia

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    North Chicago School District #187 launched high-impact tutoring with Chapter One to accelerate learning for students who had fallen behind in early literacy due to COVID-19 school closures. [15] Early Literacy Interventionists began working virtually with district kindergartners and first graders along with their families at the start of the ...

  7. National School Choice Week - Wikipedia

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    National School Choice Week was founded in 2011 to promote the concept of all forms of school choice: district schools, district magnet schools, charter schools, private schools, and home schooling. The event, which takes place the last week of January each year, is sponsored by the National School Choice Awareness Foundation.

  8. Initiatives and referendums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the Oregon Legislature approved House Bill 2634, legislation making the Citizens' Initiative Review a permanent part of Oregon elections. [40] This marked the first time a legislature has made voter deliberation a formalized part of the election process. The CIR is a benchmark in the initiative reform and public engagement fields.

  9. AdoptAClassroom.org - Wikipedia

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    AdoptAClassroom.org is a national nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that provides funding for school supplies to classrooms and needy families. [1] It was founded in 1998. Current and past corporate partners include Burlington, Quaker, Staples, Farmers Insurance, Lane Bryant, Maurices, Great Clips, Subaru, OfficeMax ...