Branch Associates

Title II, Part A, the Improving Teacher State Formula Grants program, is the primary federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to support a high-quality teacher in every classroom. The program, funded at $2.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2008, targets high-poverty districts and funds a broad array of allowable activities such as support for certification including alternative certification.Highly-selective programs that provide alternative routes to teacher certification are v

The Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers is a federal grant program authorized under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002.

The U.S. Department of Education's Student Mentoring Program was authorized under the No Child Left Behind Act and funded at $47 million in Fiscal Year 2009. The program intended to address the lack of supportive adults in the lives of students in grades four through eight at risk for academic failure and behavioral problems. The program provided funds to schools and to community- and faith-based organizations to create school-based mentoring programs. This study evaluated the impact of this p