UA in line for $15 million to assist teachers

November 15, 2011

Marmian Grimes

The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project, a partnership between the University of Alaska and the State Department of Education and Early Development, could support an additional 850 early career teachers and an estimated 46,000 students thanks to a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The five-year grant would assist first- and second-year teachers in the Anchorage, Fairbanks, Mat-Su and Kenai school districts. The Statewide Mentor Project already helps 320 teachers in 48, mostly rural, school districts each year. The grant would expand that program to the four new urban regions if the university is successful in securing a required $1.5 million match from private donations.

To read the full news release visit UA Public Affairs website.