SOLICITATION NUMBER: ED-RFP-98-0022

POC: Contract Specialist Eileen Ayoroa, (202)708-9356.

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT -- New American High Schools Initiative – Supporting High School Improvement Through Reform Networks. U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, Support Services Group, GSA Building/ROB-3, Room 3616, 7th and D Streets, SW., Washington, D.C. 20202-4443. Contract Specialist: Eileen Ayoroa. All communications on this announcement should refer to “RFP-98-0022 - BAA--New American High Schools Initiative – Supporting High School Improvement Through Reform Networks.”

INTRODUCTION: The United States Department of Education is interested in receiving abstracts for projects that will assist high schools to implement whole-school reform strategies. These strategies ensure that all students meet challenging academic standards and are prepared for and have opportunities to gain technical skills and explore careers. Whole-school reform strategies are defined as those strategies that help schools and communities develop a shared vision and align the vision to professional development, school organization, and curriculum and instruction. Applicants under this BAA must be national or regional reform networks/organizations that currently have working relationships with high schools and have the ability to offer the assistance needed for these schools to become high performing high schools.

Submissions due by 2p.m., July 2, 1998.

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