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Education Department deals out big awards
- 08-06-2010
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By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Teach for America, the nonprofit group that recruits elite college students to teach in public schools, and the KIPP Foundation, which runs a nationwide network of charter schools, were big winners in a $650 million federal grant competition known as Investing in Innovation, the Department of Education said Wednesday. Each group won $50 million. Two others won large awards for proposals the department said were backed by significant evidence of success with students. The Success for All Foundation, a Baltimore group that helps to turn around struggling elementary schools, won $49 million. (more...)
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