Grant To Aid in Teacher Training for Middle Grades
The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a three-year, $1.1-million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Early Adolescence to help improve the preparation and training of teachers and staff members in the middle grades.
The center will use the grant, announced this month, to develop educational resources for teachers, disseminate information on curriculum developments, and establish a national advisory board of early-adolescence experts and education leaders.
It also plans to provide technical assistance to five universities or colleges to strengthen their...
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