Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Department of Education issued a news release Thursday revealing that Tennessee would receive a $9.8 million grant under the School Improvement Grants program.
• The program awards grants to State Educational Agencies to help turn around their lowest-performing schools.
• Tennessee, Alabama, California and Pennsylvania have all recently received continuation awards from the program for a third year.

From the article:

... The goal is to raise student achievement in their lowest-performing schools. According to the department's findings, some of the greatest gains have been in small towns and rural communities. ...