Title IV, Part A: Student Support & Academic Enrichment

• bullying prevention
• child sexual abuse & sex trafficking awareness and prevention
• dropout prevention
• emergency operations planning & school safety
• re-entry & transition protocols for youth involved in juvenile justice programs
• restructuring discipline that is restorative in practice that incorporates trauma-informed approaches
• school readiness & academic success
• suicide prevention for all

• AED & first aid in schools
• chronic disease management
• comprehensive school mental health
• health & physical education
• mentoring & school counseling
• nutritional education
• physical activities
• schoolwide positive behavioral interventions & supports
• substance use (drug) prevention
• tobacco use prevention
• training on trauma-informed practices
• violence prevention

• mentoring and school counseling
• schoolwide positive behavioral interventions & supports

STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

• increasing access for groups of underrepresented students to high-quality courses
• supporting participation in nonprofit competitions (e.g. robotics, math competitions, computer programming)
• providing students hands-on learning and exposure to STEM, including through field-based and service learning; supporting the creation and enhancement of STEM-focused specialty schools
• facilitating collaboration among programs that take place during the school day and those that take place during out-of-school time to improve the integration of STEM instruction in those programs
• integrating other academic subjects such as the arts into STEM curricula

• dance
• media arts
• theater
• visual arts

• pay for success; i.e.reimbursing low-income students to cover all or part of the costs of AP, IB, or other accelerated learning program examinations
• increasing the availability of, and enrollment in, AP or IB programs, dual or concurrent enrollment programs, early college high schools, and other accelerated learning options 
• Counseling, mentoring, or programs that develop study skills and critical thinking 

with dual or concurrent enrollment and early college high schools:

• strategies designed to decrease high school drop-out rates
• to increase high school graduation rates and college-entrance rates
• redesign what the high school experience can be

• politics and government, including the foundations of the American political system

College and Career Counseling:

Career Pathways

designed to help students make informed and better educational and career choices as they develop personal, social, educational, and career skills:

• offer students information starting in middle school about how to prepare for college, including the importance of choosing rigorous high school course offerings
• how to choose from among career options, how to enroll in and receive federal financial aid through the FAFSA
• how to pursue academic and occupational training needed to succeed in the workplace

help prepare students to transition to college:

• assistance is provided on identifying postsecondary opportunities that are associated with students’ interests
• applying for college admissions and obtaining financial aid
• preparing for college aptitude tests (e.g. SAT and ACT)

• evidenced based practice
• interventions that build resilience
• self-control
• empathy
• persistence
• other social and behavioral skills

• biology
• chemistry
• physics
• ecology
• earth science
• atmospheric science
• mathematics
• geography

• learners use self-assessment and formative feedback to monitor growth
• reflect on their learning 
• challenge themselves to reach more rigorous goals

• licensed educational resources
• full online courses
• curated digital collections
• more granular resources such as images, videos, and assessment items

formal education that:

• leverages both technology-based and face-to-face instructional approaches that include an element of online or digital learning
• combined with supervised learning time
• student-led learning, in which the elements are connected to provide an integrated learning experience where students are provided some control over time, path, or pace

ongoing professional development on how to implement blended learning projects and to support planning activities:

• provide initial professional learning for educators on effective blended learning model instruction
• ongoing collaborative planning time
• ongoing, job-embedded professional learning opportunities to improve educator practice
• ongoing opportunities could include access to digital professional learning resources, a collaborative community of practice, and/or coaching

to inform instruction, support teacher collaboration, and personalize learning:

• create learning communities composed of students
• fellow educators in schools, museums, libraries, and after-school programs
• experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations; and families
• provide personalized professional development so that educators receive tailored, job-embedded support