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News Media Contact: Melinda Malico |
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced $49.6 million in grants to 60 local school districts under the Teaching American History Program. The new grants will support programs designed to raise student achievement by improving the quality of teaching by strengthening teachers' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of American history.
"From the Mayflower Compact to the Articles of Confederation to the civil rights marches of the 1960s, American history is alive with stories of discovery, bravery and ideas about how we live," Paige said. "The Teaching American History grants will help teachers share the ideas and events that shaped our nation with more children, deepening their understanding of the complexity and variety of American history."
Students who know and appreciate the great ideas of American history will be well prepared to understand and exercise their civic rights and responsibilities, Paige said. Their understanding of traditional American history will be enhanced if teachers make the study of history more exciting, interesting and engaging, he noted. The awards will help school districts, in partnership with content experts, to design, implement and demonstrate professional development programs that use evidence-based methods.
The organizations that will partner with school districts include:
- Institutions of higher education;
- Non-profit history or humanities organizations;
- Libraries or museums.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Attached is a list of the grant recipients. More information on specific grants can be found at http://www.ed.gov/offices/oii/portfolio/historyresources/
Teaching American History Grants, FY 2001
ALASKA | ||
Thorne Bay | Southeast Island School District Contact: Michael Kerosky (907) 742-4161 |
$597,135 |
ALABAMA | ||
Anniston | Calhoun County Board of Education Contact: Veronica Carr, (256) 236-7641 |
523,977 |
ARIZONA | ||
Phoenix | Phoenix Union High School District Contact: Mike Babb, (602) 764-1343 |
675,127 |
CALIFORNIA | ||
Long Beach | Long Beach Unified School District Contact: Linda Mehlbrech, (562) 426-6288 |
804,666 |
Glendale | Glendale Unified School District Contact: Mary McKee, (818) 241-3111 |
1,000,000 |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified School District Contact: Ruben Zapeda, (661) 285-8065 |
1,000,000 |
Downey | Los Angeles County Office of Education Contact: Thomas Gibbons, (562) 922-6331 |
999,000 |
Montebello | Montebello Unified School District Contact: Janet Torncello, (323) 887-7900 |
805,295 |
Baldwin Park | Baldwin Park Unified School District Contact: Lynne Kennedy, (626) 962-3311 |
783,786 |
Oakland | Oakland Unified School District Contact: Stanley Pesick, (510) 879-8497 |
999,238 |
COLORADO | ||
Golden | Jefferson County Public School Contact: Brian Loney, (303) 982-6987 |
864,977 |
CONNECTICUT | ||
Bridgeport | Bridgeport Public Schools Contact: Teresa Carroll, (203) 576-7126 |
724,024 |
FLORIDA | ||
Tampa | Hillsborough County Public Schools Contact: Daryl Saunders, (813) 272-4880 |
999,734 |
Fort Lauderdale | The School Board of Broward County Contact: Judy Paul, (954) 765-6366 |
999,326 |
GEORGIA | ||
Decatur | The DeKalb County School System Contact: Ben Ridgeway, (404) 297-7471 |
538,835 |
IOWA | ||
Washington | Washington Community School District Contact: Elise Fillpot, (319) 653-546 |
701,133 |
ILLINOIS | ||
New Lenox | Lincoln-Way High School District #210 Contact: Michael Gardner, (815) 464-4000 |
956,576 |
Macomb | West Central Four Regional Office of Education Contact: Laurie Assell, (217) 277-2092 |
608,286 |
Waukegan | Community Unit School District 60 Contact: Linda Meczyk, (847) 336-3100 |
921,966 |
KANSAS | ||
Galena | Galena Unified School District 499 Contact: James Christman, (620) 783-4499 |
633,327 |
LOUISIANA | ||
Napoleonville | Assumption Parish Schools Contact: Malcolm Duplantis, (985) 369-7251 |
842,644 |
Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Contact: Phyllis Heroy, (225) 226-7610 |
993,595 |
Lake Charles | Calcasieu Parish School System Contact: Charlotte Gallemore, (337) 491-1669 |
618,762 |
MASSACHUSETTS | ||
Boston | Boston Public Schools Contact: Deborah Washington, (617) 635-9687 |
999,187 |
Shellburne Falls | Mohawk Trail Rural School District Contact: Barbara Mathews, (413) 774-7476 |
999,239 |
MARYLAND | ||
Towson | Baltimore County Public Schools Contact: Rex Shepard, (410) 887-4017 |
997,354 |
Rockville | Montgomery County Public Schools Contact: Martin Creel, (301) 279-3357 |
997,920 |
MINNESOTA | ||
Minneapolis | Minneapolis Public Schools Contact: Dana Carmichael-Tanaka, (612) 668-5337 |
999,598 |
MISSOURI | ||
Springfield | School District of Springfield R-12 Contact: Judy Gregg, (417) 895-2736 |
854,917 |
St. Louis | Ritenour School District Contact: Dr. Paul W. Doerrer, (314) 493-6010 |
911,531 |
NORTH CAROLINA | ||
Charlotte | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Contact: Becky Finger, (704) 343-2774 |
994,525 |
NEBRASKA | ||
Columbus | Educational Service Unit 7 Contact: Susan Wunder, (402) 472-3346 |
931,935 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | ||
Somersworth | Somersworth School District Contact: Judith Moyer, (603) 862-3538 |
645,987 |
NEW JERSEY | ||
Chester | West Morris Regional High School District Contact: Anthony di Battista, (908) 879-6404 |
553,785 |
NEVADA | ||
Reno | Washoe County School District Contact: James Barclay, (775) 348-0332 |
893,932 |
NEW YORK | ||
Binghamton | Broome-Tioga BOCES Contact: Kimberly Schuth, (607) 763-3633 |
814,171 |
Fairport | Monroe Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Contact: Ellen Santora, (716) 275-5053 |
921,207 |
New York | Community School District One Contact: Janet Chasin, (212) 602-9779 |
872,850 |
Long Island City | Office of the Superintendent for Alternative, Adult, and Continuing Education Contact: Maria Giacone, (718) 752-7300 |
996,933 |
New York | Community School District 4 Contact: Hilda Sanchez, (212) 828-3566 |
498,306 |
Brooklyn | New York City Board of Education Office of Multicultural Affairs Contact: Evelyn Kalibala, (718) 935-3984 |
955,584 |
Jackson Heights | Community School District #30 Contact: Gus Hatzidimitriou, (718) 777-4646 |
998,400 |
OHIO | ||
Mansfields | Mansfield City School District Contact: Evelyn Altherr, (419) 525-6430 |
890,440 |
OKLAHOMA | ||
Coalgate | Coalgate Public Schools Contact: Allen Hicks, (580) 927-4022 |
386,762 |
OREGON | ||
Eugene | Lane Education Service District Contact: Robert Young, (541) 461-8280 |
798,089 |
PENNSYLVANIA | ||
Pittsburgh | School District of Pittsburgh Contact: Doris Christmas, (412) 622-3637 |
457,395 |
Summerdale | Capital Area Intermediate Unit Contact: James Warnock, (717) 732-8400 |
940,358 |
Philadelphia | School District of Philadelphia Contact: Catherine Balsley, (215) 299-7797 |
999,480 |
Ridgway | Ridgway Area School District Contact: Robert Weible, (717) 783-9867 |
620,965 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
Columbia | Richland School District Two Contact: Joel Walker, (803) 896-6212 |
953,361 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | ||
Pine Ridge | Pine Ridge School Contact: Cynthia Johnson, (605) 867-5877 |
520,313 |
TEXAS | ||
Houston | Region IV Education Service Center Contact: Debra Williams, (713) 744-6507 |
988,290 |
Houston | Houston Independent School District Contact: Ada Cooper, (713) 892-6818 |
786,025 |
San Antonio | San Antonio Independent School District Contact: Amy Baker, (210) 354-3439 |
999,691 |
UTAH | ||
Logan | Logan City School District Contact: Richard Jensen (435) 755-2300 |
999,954 |
Cedar City | Iron County School District Contact: Richard Anderson, (435) 586-2804 |
700,623 |
WASHINGTON | ||
Spokane | Educational Service District 101 Contact: Helene Paroff, (509) 789-3539 |
529,641 |
WISCONSIN | ||
Wausau | Wausau School District Contact: Roger Rindo, (715) 261-2538 |
784,370 |
La Crosse | School District of La Crosse Contact: Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted, (608) 785-8159 |
902,083 |
WEST VIRGINIA | ||
Dunbar | Regional Education Service Agency III Contact: Linda Andresen, (304) 766-7655 |
949,921 |
TOTAL |
$49,636,531 |
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