Secretary DeVos awards more than $ 180 million to the United Rethinking K-12 education to better meet the needs of students during Coronavirus failure 29 July, 2020 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press @ ed. gov
WASHINGTON - Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced over $ 180 million in new grants awarded to 11 states Rethinking education to better serve students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rethink K-12 Education Models grant will support the efforts of states to create new innovative ways for students to continue to learn in ways that meet their needs. The winners include Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina in the New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota's, Tennessee and Texas. Prizes range from $ 6 million to $ 20 million.
"To ensure that every student can continue learning during the pandemic of coronavirus requires innovation of local education leaders and a similar focus on doing what is right for students laser" said DeVos Secretary. "This donation will help states adapt and overcome challenges to strengthen education, both now and for the long term. If we learned anything from this pandemic it is that the outdated one size fits all education is no longer tenable and education in the future should be more adaptable and student-centered. I want winners of congratulations today to make the necessary effort for rethinking education on behalf of their students. "
Congress aside 1% of the $ 30.75 trillion allocated to the Stabilization Fund of Education through Law deals with subsidies to states with the greatest burden of coronavirus. The Department of Education announced the Education Model (REM) Rethink scholarship contest K-12 in April 2020, inviting any state educational agency to apply. The program supports new and innovative ways to access to education, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of students during the national emergency coronavirus. Specifically, it called for projects to provide families:
Education Agency State
State
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Department of Louisiana education
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1
$ 16,999,992
Tennessee Department of education
TN
1
$ 20,000,000
Rhode Island Department of
primary and secondary education RI < "center" p align => 2
$ 10.898643 million
Texas Education Agency
TX
2
$ 19,978,625
Department of Education
IA Iowa
2
$ 17,681,016
Georgia Department of Educ ation
GA < / P>
2
$ 18,594,304
Department of South Carolina Education
Carolina of the South
3
$ 15,049,608
New York Department of Education of the State < / p>
New York
3
$ 19,986,089
North Department Public instruction
Carolina of the North
3
$ 17,632,125
Department of Education
SD
3
$ 6,883,481 ME 3 $ 16,958,613 key $ 180,662,496 Points of some of the prize: TOTAL s are: Applications were evaluated by a panel of independent reviewers, and highest scoring applications received funding. Given the nature of the national emergency, the states with the highest load coronavirus were prioritized. The Department continues to update www.ed.gov/coronavirus with information for students, parents, educators and local leaders on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19. for additional resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about COVID-19, please visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. How I can find ...?
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