Editor's note: A list of the grant recipients follows.

Some 124 grants totaling more than $118 million have been awarded to school districts in 38 states to improve the quality of American history education, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today.

"Our nation's founding fathers believed the study of history and citizenship should be at the core of every American's education," Secretary Spellings said. "Yet, with studies showing less than one-quarter of American students are proficient in either subject, far too few are learning the lessons vital to life in our democratic society. History education under No Child Left Behind is essential to help students gain an understanding and appreciation of our nation's history and government and to help them become active, informed participants in our nation's future.

The Teaching American History discretionary grant program supports three-year projects to improve teachers' appreciation for and knowledge of traditional American history through intensive, on-going professional development. Grantees must work in partnership with one or more organizations that have extensive knowledge of American history, including libraries, museums, nonprofit history or humanities organizations and higher education institutions.

History is one of the core academic subjects under the No Child Left Behind Act; however, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, which is commonly known as the "Nation's Report Card," shows that less than one-quarter of America's students in grades 4, 8 and 12 are proficient in American history. To improve student achievement, the Teaching American History grant program will immerse history teachers in American history content and researched-based teaching strategies, to help them engage and instruct students more effectively.

More information about Teaching American History grants is available at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html.

Teaching American History Grants
2006

AK — Anchorage School District, $893,901
AL — Jefferson County Board of Education, $993,888
AL — Montgomery Public Schools, $970,655
AL — Tuscaloosa City Board of Education, $999,210
AR — Little Rock School District, $979,057
AZ — Deer Valley Unified School District, $960,072
AZ — Tucson Unified School District, $991,574
CA — Alameda County Office of Education, $999,936
CA — Del Norte United School District, $987,645
CA — Elk Grove Unified School District, $991,526
CA — Folsom Cordova USD, $1,000,000
CA — Imperial County Office of Education, $997,792
CA — Long Beach Unified School District, $982,441
CA — Los Angeles Leadership Academy, $499,972
CA — Lynwood Unified School District, $499,999
CA — Mendocino County Office of Education, $999,755
CA — Montebello Unified School District, $630,419
CA — Mt. Diablo Unified School District, $996,755
CA — San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, $998,000
CA — San Diego County Office of Education, $1,998,899
CA — San Joaquin County Office of Education, $999,000
CA — Santa Clara County Office of Education, $999,994
CO — Greeley-Evans Weld County School District, $982,320
CO — Jefferson County Public Schools, $950,198
CO — Pueblo District 70, $999,723
CO — School District #1 Denver Public Schools, $999,560
CO — South Central BOCES, $914,378
CT — Capitol Region Education Council, $999,999
FL — Duval County Public Schools, $984,331
FL — Lake County Schools, $950,635
FL — School Board of Polk County, $861,094
FL — School District of Clay County, $994,845
FL — School District of Palm Beach County, $993,811
GA — Richmond County Board of Education, $999,969
GA — Savannah Chatham County Public Schools, $1,000,000
IA — Washington Community School District, $958,356
IL — Chicago Public Schools District 299, $1,705,755
IN — Anderson Community School Corp., $996,060
IN — Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, $830,925
IN — Indianapolis Public Schools, $962,979
IN — Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, $999,735
KS — Valley Heights Public Schools USD 498, $999,959
KY — Bourbon County Schools, $499,851
KY — Green-River Regional Cooperative, $1,000,000
KY — Jefferson County Public Schools, $494,682
KY — Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, $1,000,000
KY — Owen County Public Schools, $997,200
LA — Jefferson Parish Public Schools, $894,737
MA — Boston Public Schools, $1,000,000
MA — Malden Public Schools, $1,000,000
MA — Reading Public Schools, $998,084
MA — Springfield Public Schools, $999,991
MD — Howard County Public Schools, $999,797
MD — Montgomery County Public Schools, $997,433
MD — Washington County Public Schools, $999,019
MI — Plymouth-Canton Public Schools, $999,819
MI — Waterford School District, $499,546
MN — Southeast Service Cooperative, $999,814
MO — Carthage R-9, $995,429
MO — Cooperating School Districts, $998,888
MO — Poplar Bluff, $499,833
MS — Alcorn School District, $996,526
MS — Winona Public Schools, $499,404
NC — Cleveland County Schools, $999,382
NC — North Carolina School of Science and Math, $998,910
ND — Williston Public School District #1, $499,881
NE — Educational Service Unit #2, $994,660
NJ — Bergen County Technical Schools, $1,000,000
NJ — Berkeley Heights School District, $952,308
NJ — Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, $997,380
NJ — Fort Lee School District, $952,305
NJ — Freehold Regional High School District, $997,380
NJ — Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools, $953,990
NJ — Millville Public Schools, $472,673
NJ — Moorestown Township Public Schools, $952,308
NJ — Somerville Public Schools, $997,380
NJ — Toms River Regional Schools, $952,307
NM — Alamogordo Public Schools, $998,892
NM — Albuquerque Public Schools, $1,000,000
NM — Portales Municipal School District, $1,000,000
NY — Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady BOCES, $995,679
NY — Albion Central, $891,610
NY — Jamestown Public Schools, $997,710
NY — NYC Citywide, $1,966,343
NY — NYC Department Autonomous Zone Sch., $1,000,000
NY — NYC District 15, $1,000,000
NY — NYC District 17, $999,500
NY — NYC District 20, $994,755
NY — NYC District 21, $994,886
NY — NYC District 25, $999,975
NY — NYC District 27, $990,957
NY — NYC Region 2, $998,189
NY — NYC Region 4, $1,000.00
NY — Sullivan County BOCES, $999,986
NY — Yonkers, $925,764
OH — Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga, $1,994,120
OH — Franklin County Ed Service Center, $994,218
OH — Hamilton City School District, $999,953
OH — Mid Ohio Educational Service Center, $999,149
OH — Western Buckeye Educational Service Center, $998,925
OK — Moore Public Schools, $999,670
OR — Lincoln County School District, $499,931
PA — Greenecastle-Antrim School District, $936,011
PA — Northwest Tri County Intermediate Unit, $1,000,000
PA — Reading School District, $995,024
SC — Berkeley County School District, $939,004
SC — Chester County-Olde English Consort, $1,000,000
SC — Sumter County School District 2, $499,609
TN — Loudon County, $996,963
TN — Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, $991,574
TN — Wilson County School System, $998,508
TX — Alpine Independent School District, $500,000
TX — Hays CISD, $500,000
TX — Laredo Independent School District, $792,133
TX — Region Four Ed Service Center, $1,127,736
TX — Region One Ed Service Center, $1,436,235
UT — Early College HS, $497,629
UT — Granite School District, $999,954
UT — Tooele County SD, $499,978
VA — Charlottesville City Public Schools, $997,418
VA — Chesterfield County Public Schools, $687,716
VA — Newport News Public Schools, $991,840
WA — Ed Service District 113 School District, $999,703

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