Our portfolio of webapps are aligned with these different Funding Sources:

Stimulus Fund

for short-term expenditures that could have longer-term benefits for student learning.

"Race to the Top" Fund

The Race to the Top Fund provides competitive grants to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform; implementing ambitious plans in the four education reform areas described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA); and achieving significant improvement in student outcomes, including making substantial gains in student achievement, closing achievement gaps, improving high school graduation rates, and ensuring that students are prepared for success in college and careers.

• Boosting teacher effectiveness and getting more good teachers into high-poverty, high-minority schools
• Setting up data systems to track how much a student has learned from one year to the next
• Improving academic standards and tests
• Supporting struggling schools

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant

This program supports community learning centers that give students from low-performing and high-poverty schools academic-enrichment opportunities.

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers is a multi-year grant; each funding has its own unique cyclical application process.

Many states around the country are conducting competitions to award 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants. The State Contact List now includes links to State websites and application due dates.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal statute that authorizes federal aid for the education of more than 6 million children with disabilities nationally. The statute has two key components: (1) due process provisions detailing parental rights, and (2) a permanently authorized grant program that provides federal funding to the states. States that receive federal funds are required to provide a "free, appropriate public education" to all children with disabilities in the "least restrictive environment."

Title I

This program provides financial assistance to LEAs and schools with high numbers or high percentages of poor children to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Federal funds are currently allocated through four statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of allocated through four statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each state.

"Invest in What Works and Innovation" Fund

Awarded by the Secretary to school systems and nonprofits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to serve as models for best practices.

• Can be awarded to LEAs or partnerships between nonprofit and SEA, LEA, or 1+ school with achievement gains
• Significantly closed achievement gaps between subgroups
• Exceed state achievement goals or increased for all subgroups
• Significant improvement in other, such as graduation rates or highquality teachers and school leaders
• Established partnerships with private/philanthropic sector, including guarantee of match funds to bring results to scale