In March, the federal government sent representatives to three districts that received School Improvement Grants to see how the money was being spent. The visits revealed that many schools had not done what they promised, such as replacing principals or other staff, increasing instruction time for all students and providing time for teachers to collaborate on lesson plans and other improvement strategies, according to the Contra Costa Times.
I am hearing that the Santa Ana Unified School District is in very hot water for failing to “increase sufficient instruction time” for students in schools that received School Improvement Grants last year.
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