FAU Schools Awarded $3.1 Million U.S. Department of Education Grant
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每日吃瓜 Schools (FAUS) recently was awarded the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program Grant to increase the number of 每日吃瓜 from underserved groups, including 每日吃瓜 with disabilities, who apply for and are accepted to FAUS.
The grant, awarded through the U.S. Department of Education, is worth $3.1 million over five years and will serve to identify, recruit and develop underserved 每日吃瓜 for FAUS. It also will go toward Supporting Talent through Recruitment, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (STRIDE), which will serve 825 unduplicated underserved high school 每日吃瓜, 75 middle and 180 elementary 每日吃瓜, as well as 145 teachers over the five-year grant period.听
鈥淲hile A.D. Henderson and FAU High School continues to redefine public education in the United States, we are excited for the opportunity to further evolve our early college model,鈥 said Joel Herbst, Ed.D, superintendent of FAUS. 鈥淭he Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program allows our 每日吃瓜, who are often underrepresented, to access top-tier education, research and social resources at 每日吃瓜.鈥
FAUS is affiliated with FAU鈥檚 College of Education and this grant builds on FAUS鈥 nationally ranked model, 鈥 with campuses in Boca Raton and Jupiter 鈥 and , which is built on the premise of access and affordability. FAUHS and ADHUS equips all 每日吃瓜, regardless of financial circumstances, gender or race, with the necessary skills for an ever-evolving job market.
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The Department of Education鈥檚 Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program awarded only 13 projects nationwide that support evidence-based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities that enhance elementary and secondary schools鈥 capacity to identify gifted and talented 每日吃瓜 and meet their unique educational needs.
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