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ED Grants Target Teacher Preparation

By Scott Aronowitz
04/08/10

As part of the federal government's ongoing effort to improve the nation's K-12 education system, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced 12 new Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Funded by the federal stimulus package and totaling about $99.8 million, the TQP grants have been awarded to programs in 11 states that seek to improve the quality of their teacher preparation.

The five-year grants will be targeted towards reforming teacher preparation at the nation's colleges and universities and either creating or improving "residency" programs for those transitioning to teaching from other fields.

"These grants will strengthen teacher preparation and residency programs to ensure that new teachers, whether entering from college or from other careers, have the skills to boost student learning and be highly effective in today's diverse and challenging classrooms," said Arne Duncan, secretary of education, in a prepared statement.

The following are the institutions and programs receiving the TQP grants:

California State University, Northridge (CSUN): Teaching Residency Program in Special Education
Denver School District No. 1: Denver Teacher Residency
Iowa Department of Education: Iowa Teacher Quality Partnership Project
Governors State University: Chicago Southland Region Teacher Quality Partnership
University of Chicago: University of Chicago Urban Education Institute's Urban Teacher Education Program
Boston Plan for Excellence: Boston Teacher Residency Partnership
University of North Carolina-Greensboro: Project ENRICH
Questa Independent Schools: Land of Enchantment Teacher Quality Partnership
CUNY Lehman College: Mathematics Achievement with Teachers of High-need Urban Populations
National Math and Science Initiative: The Teacher Preparation Reform Consortium
Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond Teacher Residency Program
Heritage University: Heritage 105: Heritage University and ESD 105 Collaborative

About the Author

Scott Aronowitz is a freelance writer based in Las Vegas. He has covered the technology, advertising, and entertainment sectors for seven years. He can be reached here.

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