UA in line for $15 million to assist teachers
November 15, 2011
The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project, a partnership between the University of Alaska
and the State Department of Education and Early Development, could support an additional
850 early career teachers and an estimated 46,000 students thanks to a $15 million
grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
The five-year grant would assist first- and second-year teachers in the Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Mat-Su and Kenai school districts. The Statewide Mentor Project already
helps 320 teachers in 48, mostly rural, school districts each year. The grant would
expand that program to the four new urban regions if the university is successful
in securing a required $1.5 million match from private donations.
To read the full news release visit UA Public Affairs website.