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Indianapolis Mayor Announces New Education and Safety Initiative
With the announcement of his Education and Public Safety Initiative Wednesday morning, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard proposes a holistic approach to make Indianapolis a safer city. Mayor Ballard believes the issue of crime and violence in American cities are...
New Plan to Transform Indiana’s Workforce
The Indiana Career Council (ICC), a coalition of leaders in government, education, and industry, developed a strategic plan to transform Indiana’s workforce. Titled Align, Engage, Advance, the plan outlines how agencies and partner organizations can collaborate, align...
Searchable Database of Out of School Time Programs in Indiana
Approximately 30%, or roughly 332,642, of Hoosier children (including kindergarteners) are left unsupervised in the afternoons (Afterschool Alliance, 2010). Indiana Afterschool Network (IAN) has been working to improve the quality of out-of-school time (OST) programs...
New Federal Grant Opportunity for Early Head Start and Child Care Program Partnerships
As part of President Obama’s Early Learning Initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the availability of funds for the Early Head Start Expansion and Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grant program. The new grants are...
Department of Education Issues 15 Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has proposed 15 new and revised supplemental priorities and definitions for use in discretionary grant programs. The priorities frame the competitive grants that are annually released. Rather than utilize individual...
New Federal Grant Opportunity for Charter Schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) has announced the 2014 CSP Grants Competition for Replication and Expansion. This program is designed to replicate or expand high-quality charter schools with demonstrated records of success. CSP...
Grit: the New It Factor for Student Success
What is the best predictor of student success? IQ? Family income? Out-of-school involvement? Standardized test scores? Researchers have been trying to figure out the answer to that question for decades. In fact, each of the suggestions above has been prominent ideas...
Client Spotlight: Metropolitan School District of Washington Township
Last month, Transform Consulting Group had the opportunity to work with the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township (MSDWT) in the development of their federal grant application for the School Climate Transformation Grant – Local Education Agency to...
Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) 2014 Report to the Governor and Legislative Council
On June 30, 2014, Indiana’s Early Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) released its initial report to the Governor and Legislative Council. ELAC was created as part of legislation passed during the 2013 session. ELAC’s vision is to ensure that children ages birth to 8...
