15 States Awarded Grants To Help Recruit Diverse Principals
Fifteen states will receive grants worth at least $50,000 each to draw up plans to recruit more women and minority applicants to become principals.
The Council of Chief State School Officers announced the recipients last week as part of an $8.9 million grant program financed by the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds. Each of the 15 states is also likely to receive a $250,000 award in the coming fall. ( "Reader's Digest Grants Will Focus on School Leadership," July 12, 2000.)
While the looming shortage of principals has a number of states worried, officials with the Washington-based council and the foundation said diversity is their No. 1...
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