California and Toledo Efforts Win Innovation Awards

By Marianne Hurst

A California state effort to help disadvantaged students improve their math and science skills and a teacher-mentoring program in Toledo, Ohio, were recently honored with prominent national awards that recognize government innovation.

The two programs—which competed with more than 1,300 other applicants from federal, state, and local government agencies and school districts from around the country—were given $100,000 each for being among the five winners of the 2001 Innovations...