ED announced the 20 highest-rated applications in the $140 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition. Winners now must find partial matching funds from the private sector by December 7, 2012 in order to secure the grants.
Winners of the validation grants (up to $15 million) are: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; Jobs for the Future, Inc.; LEED Sacramento; National Writing Project; New Leaders, Inc.; New Teacher Center; Texas A&M University; and WestEd. Winners of the development grants (up to $3 million) are: AVID Center; California Association for Bilingual Education; California League of Middle Schools; Central Falls School District; Citizen Schools, Inc.; Clark County School District; Columbia College Chicago; Intercultural Development Research Association; Internationals Network For Public Schools; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Virginia Advanced Study Strategies, Inc.; and WestEd. There were no "scale up" (up to $25 million) winners.