Rep. Fattah Announces $141 Million to Pennsylvania to Turn Around Low-Achieving Schools; Philadelphia in Line for Tens of Millions
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WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a leading Congressional advocate for reform in urban education, announced today that the U.S. Department of Education is awarding $141 million to the State of Pennsylvania - much of it bound for Philadelphia -- to turn around persistently lowest achieving schools.
School districts can now apply to the Pennsylvania Department of Education on behalf of their eligible schools, those identified in the state's application as the lowest performing. Two thirds of the highest-priority schools statewide - 62 out of 93 -- are in Philadelphia.See the full content of this document
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Rep. Fattah Announces $141 Million to Pennsylvania to Turn Around Low-Achieving Schools; Philadelphia in Line for Tens of Millions
The $141,090,171 School Improvement Grant (SIG) to Pennsylvania under the American...
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