Sparks, S. D. (2018, April 18). Could Schools Be Doing More With Title I Money? Retrieved April 20, 2018

Over the last two decades, federal grants for educating low-achieving students have shifted from overwhelmingly being targeted to only the individual low-achieving students in a building to mostly being used to support schoolwide programs on high-poverty campuses. A new nationwide study of the $15.8 billion Title I program suggests that, while the more holistic approach has allowed school and district leaders to support a broader array of staff and interventions for students in poverty, school leaders often do not receive the training and information needed to make the most of the grant’s flexibility.