Title I Part A: Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged

The purpose of the Title I program is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency or above on challenging state academic achievement standards and assessments.

The following Unit 4 schools are Title I schools:

Title II provides the funding for states and districts to meet the requirement of Section 1119, which plans for all teachers to be highly qualified. Funds are provided to develop and provide professional development activities and programs that are designed to improve the quality of staff. In addition, initiatives to recruit and promote retention of Highly Qualified Teachers and principals are encouraged.

Title III funds are provided to ensure Civil Rights of LEP students equal access to school curriculum while learning English and supports a comprehensive approach to meeting needs of LEP students.

The purpose of the funding is to build the capacity of school leaders to implement effective school improvement practices to enable schools in ‘improvement status’ to improve student achievement and performance outcomes in order to exit that status.

The following Unit 4 schools receive School Improvement Funds:

• Booker T Washington STEM Academy

• Garden Hills Academy

• Edison Middle School

• Franklin STEAM Academy

• Jefferson Middle School

• Central High School