achievement on State assessments and academic 
progress, 
and 
turning 
around 
low-performing 
schools. Such categories of information are as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) Unrestricted. 
‘‘(B) Restricted. 
‘‘(C) Special Topics. 
‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—In es-
tablishing and maintaining the Network, the Sec-
retary shall carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) MOST
PROMISING
PRACTICES
AND 
STRATEGIES.—The Secretary shall disseminate, 
through searchable databases or Internet Web 
sites (including the Internet Web site of the De-
partment of Education entitled ‘Doing What 
Works’) available under the Network, the re-
stricted and special topic information with re-
spect to the most promising practices and strat-
egies described paragraph (1). The databases or 
Internet Web sites shall include, with respect to 
each such practice or strategy— 
‘‘(i) a detailed description of the ele-
ments of instruction or administration the 
practice or strategy is designed to improve, 
including a detailed description of the core 
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or essential elements of the practice or 
strategy in a manner comprehensible to, 
and by— 
‘‘(I) 
educators 
in 
elementary 
schools or secondary schools; or 
‘‘(II) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(ii) information showing how the 
practice or strategy has been— 
‘‘(I) developed from the results of 
educational research; and 
‘‘(II) thoroughly assessed by a 
research-based evaluation processes; 
‘‘(iii) the contact information of a 
knowledgeable individual whom an educa-
tor or administrator may contact for more 
information on the practice or strategy; 
and 
‘‘(iv) Internet links to similar or com-
plementary practices and strategies avail-
able in the database or Internet Web site 
that educators and administrators may 
wish to consider. 
‘‘(B) COMPLEMENTARY COMBINATIONS OF 
BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES.—The Sec-
retary shall disseminate through the searchable 
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databases or Internet Web sites described in 
subparagraph (A), complementary combinations 
of best practices and strategies, that shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) the core elements of instruction 
or administration the best practices or 
strategies are designed to improve; 
‘‘(ii) a detailed description of the best 
practices or strategies in a manner com-
prehensible to, and by— 
‘‘(I) 
educators 
in 
elementary 
schools or secondary schools; or 
‘‘(II) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(iii) a list of the promising practices 
and strategies included in the databases or 
Internet Web site and how such practices 
and strategies interact and complement 
each other; and 
‘‘(iv) Internet links to each of the in-
dividual practices and strategies included 
in the innovation collaborative in order to 
assist educators in learning learn more in-
formation about the component parts. 
‘‘(C) SYSTEM OR FORUM.—The Secretary 
shall, under the searchable databases or Inter-
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net Web sites described in subparagraph (A), 
establish a system or forum through which edu-
cators and administrators may— 
‘‘(i) nominate new practices and strat-
egies for inclusion in the databases or 
Internet Web sites; 
‘‘(ii) recommend improvements and 
refinements to practices and strategies al-
ready included in the Network; and 
‘‘(iii) freely exchange ideas for prac-
tices and strategies with fellow educators 
and administrators. 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION
AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.— 
The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) notify educators and administrators in 
schools and local educational agencies of the Net-
work, and the databases and Internet Web sites 
available under the Network; and 
‘‘(2) in collaboration with the regional edu-
cational laboratories established under section 174 
of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 
U.S.C. 9564), the Comprehensive Centers estab-
lished under section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602), pro-
vide technical assistance to educators and adminis-
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trators to assist the educators and administrators in 
accessing the Network and the databases and Inter-
net Web sites available under the Network. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE 
ENTITY.—The term ‘education research and assist-
ance entity’ means an entity knowledgeable about 
education research, including— 
‘‘(A) a national education, research, and 
development center; 
‘‘(B) a regional educational laboratory; and 
‘‘(C) a comprehensive assistance center. 
‘‘(2) LOW-PERFORMING
SCHOOL.—The term 
‘low performing school’ means a school that— 
‘‘(A) is receiving funds under part A of 
title I and undergoing school improvement, cor-
rective action, or restructuring under section 
1116, and is among the lowest-achieving schools 
receiving funds under such part that is under-
going such school improvement, corrective ac-
tion, or restructuring; or 
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‘‘(B) is eligible for, but does not receive, 
funds under part A of title I and is among the 
lowest-achieving schools in the State eligible for, 
but not receiving, funds under such part. 
‘‘(3) UNRESTRICTED INFORMATION.—The term 
‘unrestricted information’ means a category of infor-
mation that— 
‘‘(A) covers information with respect to 
new, high potential, and relatively untested 
practices or strategies that have limited formal 
evidence of statistically significant improvement 
of student achievement; and 
‘‘(B) is shared by teachers, administrators, 
officials of State educational agencies; relevant 
educational organizations; and existing edu-
cation databases. 
‘‘(4) RESTRICTED
INFORMATION.—The term 
‘restricted information’ means a category of infor-
mation that— 
‘‘(A) covers information with stronger evi-
dence of statistically significant improvement on 
student achievement than the unrestricted in-
formation category; and 
‘‘(B) is shared by teachers, administrators, 
officials of State educational agencies, relevant 
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educational organizations, and existing edu-
cation databases. 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL TOPICS.—The term ‘special top-
ics’ means a category of information— 
‘‘(A) that covers information that is con-
sistent with evidence validated under the Inter-
net Web site of the Department of Education 
entitled the What Works Clearinghouse; and 
‘‘(B) includes online materials and support 
systems that teachers and others may use to 
improve educational practices available under 
the Internet Web site of the Department of 
Education entitled ‘Doing What Works’. 
‘‘(6) WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES.—The term ‘Web 
2.0 technologies’ means commonly used Web appli-
cations that facilitate interactive information shar-
ing, interoperability, user-centered design, and col-
laboration on the World Wide Web by allowing its 
users to interact with other users or to change site 
content, in contrast to non-interactive sites where 
users are limited to the passive viewing of informa-
tion that is provided to them. Such technologies in-
clude Web-based communities, hosted services, Web 
applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing 
sites, wikis, and blogs.’’. 
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SEC. 4. NATIONAL EDUCATION INNOVATION CORPS. 
Part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subpart 5—National Education Innovation Corps 
‘‘SEC. 6171. NATIONAL EDUCATION INNOVATION CORPS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under subsection (e), the Secretary shall, in coordination 
with education research and assistance entities, establish 
the National Education Innovation Corps. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National Edu-
cation Innovation Corps (in this section referred to as the 
‘Corps’) is to enable State educational agencies to work 
in collaboration with education research entities to address 
the critical problems of practice in chronically low-per-
forming schools. Under the Corps, a corps of knowledge 
brokers and practice experts will connect educators and 
administrators with high quality, evidence-based, relevant 
solutions for the most critical problems of practice in local 
educational agencies and chronically low-performing 
schools. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE NATIONAL EDU-
CATION INNOVATION CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—From 
the amounts appropriated under subsection (e), the 
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Secretary shall, in coordination with education re-
search and assistance entities, where appropriate— 
‘‘(A) coordinate with State educational 
agencies in participating States to establish the 
Corps in such States; and 
‘‘(B) provide the necessary technical assist-
ance to such agencies. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES
OF
STATE
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.—A State educational agency in a partici-
pating State shall coordinate the activity of knowl-
edge brokers and practice experts within the State 
to accommodate and ensure alignment with the 
State educational agency’s reforms, standards, and 
assessment systems, in addition to Federal require-
ments, with respect to education. 
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES OF KNOWLEDGE BROKERS.— 
Under the Corps, a knowledge broker shall carry out 
activities that include— 
‘‘(A) identifying local educational agency 
needs and research-based solutions relevant to 
such needs; 
‘‘(B) developing effective induction and on-
going professional development experiences for 
teachers; 
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‘‘(C) supporting innovations in elementary 
school and secondary school curricula; 
‘‘(D) fostering the effective use of tech-
nology-based applications in classrooms; and 
‘‘(E) building professional performance as-
sessment systems that— 
‘‘(i) focus on the most important com-
petencies for student success; and 
‘‘(ii) provide useful feedback to facili-
tate instructional improvements. 
‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES
OF
PRACTICE
EXPERTS.— 
Under the Corps, a practice expert shall carry out 
activities that include— 
‘‘(A) helping teachers use multiple forms 
of 
assessment, 
including 
formative 
and 
summative tests, to guide instructional decision 
making; 
‘‘(B) assisting teachers in efforts to im-
prove student achievement in, and across con-
tent areas, such as math, science, social studies, 
and English language arts; 
‘‘(C) training teachers to use data that is 
based on scientifically valid research to improve 
instruction; 
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‘‘(D) developing and implementing dif-
ferentiated instruction to serve the needs of the 
full range of learners; and 
‘‘(E) employing best practices in engaging 
teachers and other education staff to change 
school cultures to serve all students across all 
core academic subjects; and 
‘‘(F) support the support described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E) by phone, online, 
and in-person. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATIONS TO PARTICIPATING STATE EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (e), the Secretary shall 
award grants to State educational agencies to estab-
lish the Corps in the States of such agencies. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—For each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall allocate such grants among State 
educational agencies in proportion to the funds re-
ceived by the State educational agencies under part 
A of title I for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) REALLOCATIONS.—If a State educational 
agency chooses not to apply to receive the amount 
allocated to such agency under paragraph (2), or if 
such agency’s application under paragraph (5) is 
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