The New Orleans i3 Project

Requests for Proposal and Applications related to the Investing in Innovation Federal Grant funding for the 5-Year Project “Scaling the New Orleans Charter Restart Model” will be published here for both review and PDF download. Submission instructions and timelines are included in each document. Questions related to the New Schools for New Orleans – Investing in Innovation postings found here should be directed to Michael Stone, NSNO External Relations Partner, at michael@nsno.org.

New Orleans Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Application: 2013 School Openings - Spring Round  
The Recovery School District (RSD) and New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO) have been awarded $33.6 million from the Federal Department of Education to turn around persistently low-performing schools through the development of new public charter schools. Over a 5-year period, the RSD and NSNO will be executing application processes that fund high-quality charter operators to develop new schools that are tied to the turning around of failing schools. To date, a total of 9 awards have been made tied to the transition of 10 schools in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 school years.  Schools and charter management organizations (CMOs) will soon be able to apply for one of 4 types of available funding (Spring Selection Round) to open at a turnaround site in the 2013/14 school year. 

The Tennessee i3 Project

In Tennessee, the 2010 Investing in Innovation (i3) award granted to NSNO, the RSD and the Achievement School District, will provide $6.8 million dollars in available funding to high quality charter operators.  This funding is specifically dedicated to the turnaround of existing academically unacceptable schools in Memphis and Nashville. 

Click here to go to the Tennessee Department of Education "First to the Top" website.