The Philadelphia School District has applied for a $40 million federal grant that would go toward new technology to improve student literacy, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
Here are some details from the School District’s proposal for the so-called Race to the Top grant, according to the Daily News:
The proposal – which has the support of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the principals’ union Commonwealth Association of School Administrators, and the Home and School Council – focuses on intensive literacy between kindergarten and third grade and increased science, math and reading proficiency, [deputy chief of curriculum assessment and educational technology for the district Fran] Newberg said.
Winners will be announced in December.
