This Project Grant award of $174,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides funding for Teach For America, Inc. (TFA) to implement a virtual high-dose tutoring program aimed at improving the academic performance and well-being of low-income students in Hawaii. The grant, awarded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and...
The Tulare County Office of Education (TCOE) was awarded a $3,027,439 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) program. The grant, titled "Tulare County Office of Education's Teacher Residency for Rural and Urban Education Project (TRRUE)," will fund a one-year initiative to improve student achievement through the enhancement of teacher preparation and professional...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,626,530.00 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program grant to Teach For America Inc. (TFA), a non-profit organization, for the project titled "The Cultivate System: Creating Inclusive, Equitable, & Rigorous Learning Environments for High-Needs Students." The five-year grant, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support TFA's efforts to develop, implement, and...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $477,118 Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant, with an award date of October 1, 2023 and an ultimate completion date of October 25, 2023, will support the Albuquerque Teacher Residency Partnership (ATRP) program. The TQP grant program funds initiatives to improve student achievement by enhancing the quality of new and prospective teachers through...
This $749,967 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Teach For America (TFA). The grant aims to investigate the motivational factors and racialized experiences that influence Black teachers' decisions to teach K-12 computer science (CS). The research team will survey and conduct focus groups with Black teachers in the TFA corps during their pre-service...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,884,315.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) program supports the "LOS ANGELES URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY - THE UNDERGRADUATE COMMUNITY TEACHER COLLABORATIVE (LAUTR-UCTC)" initiative. The grant aims to improve student achievement by enhancing the preparation and professional development of prospective and new teachers, with a focus on recruiting and...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $2,110,315 Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) grant to a consortium of three school districts in Tidewater, Virginia (Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Suffolk) called the Tidewater Education Consortium (TEC) project. The grant aims to address critical teaching shortages by improving student achievement through enhanced teacher preparation and professional development initiatives. Key objectives include...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,468,046 Project Grant to the University Corporation at Monterey Bay under the Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) program. The grant, titled "CSU MONTEREY BAY TEACHER QUALITY PROJECT, THE ROOTS: RESIDENTS OFFERING OUTSTANDING TEACHING FOR STUDENTS PROJECT," will be used to enhance the quality of prospective and new teachers through innovative teacher preparation and professional...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded IREX a $9.7 million cooperative agreement under the Academic Exchange Programs - Teachers (CFDA 19.408) program. The award will support the Fulbright Teacher Program from December 2021 through September 2026. IREX will design and host professional development programs for approximately 165 international educators at 10 U.S. universities and one organization in Uruguay under subawards totaling $391,000. Subawardees will...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,030,006.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grants program (CFDA 84.336). The award, titled "NOLA TQP: INNOVATION TO FILL THE GAP," will be used by Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO), a historically Black college and university, to implement a teacher preparation and professional development program. The project aims to improve student...