Thursday, May 10, 2007
For Immediate Release
UCLA School Management Program Supports
Acquisition of $15.2 Million In State Grants to Schools

LOS ANGELES — The UCLA School Management Program (SMP), a Graduate School of Education and Information Studies center, has succeeded in partnering to secure $15.2 million over four years in High Priority School Grants for 12 schools.

The SMP school partners were recently approved for the money in the form of these state grants administered through the California Department of Education. The U.S. Department of Education intends that the grants improve student achievement by supporting the implementation of school reforms that are supported by scientifically based research and effective practices. The HPSG program is especially focused on helping low-performing, high poverty decile 1-5 schools meet the standards of content and academic achievement set by the state.

Participation in the grant process requires the schools to work with their district to develop plans designed to improve student learning and school academic performance. SMP which has worked with public school teachers and school administrators since 1992 in an effort improve the quality of public education, facilitated the successful writing of the grant applications. SMP will contract for at least $2.5 million to support these schools and their districts over the four-year period in implementing the school-wide plan.

The schools and their districts are: Oxnard Elementary, Charles White Elementary, and Ellen Ochoa Learning Center of the Los Angeles Unified School District; Gauer Elementary, Marshall Elementary, and Olive Street Elementary of the Anaheim City School District; Franklin Elementary of the Santa Ana School District; De Anza Elementary, Elwin Elementary, Kenmore Elementary and Sierra Vista Junior High of Baldwin Park USD; and Huerta Elementary of the Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District.

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