Chicago, Phila., N.Y. To Share $10 Million For Teacher Training
The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund last week announced nearly $10 million in grants for teacher professional-development programs in three urban districts.
The four-year, $3.05 million grants to three partnerships in Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia are for teacher training in student-centered pedagogy.
The New York City-based foundation said it hopes its new "students at the center" grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40-minute lectures for more-active approaches in the classroom, such as problem-solving, critical...
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