In Pennsylvania, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will be fully implemented during the 2013-2014 academic year. In an effort to make this process a little easier for teachers and students in the state’s Erie School District, General Electric’s (GE) philanthropic arm, the GE Foundation, will provide the system with an $8.6 million grant.
According to officials from the GE Foundation, the money will be delivered over a four-year period and will help the District align its curriculum with the CCSS. This is not Erie’s first grant, as the GE Foundation awarded the District $15 million in 2007 as part of its Developing Futures in Education initiative.
"The Foundation's decision to renew its grant in Erie is based on our continuous review and evaluation of Erie's teachers and administrators after they received the first grant," said Robert Corcoran, the GE Foundation’s vice president of corporate citizenship, president and chairman. "In short, they did everything they said they would and the result is a stronger district and community."
Using the $8.6 million grant, the District will be able to provide its teachers and principals with professional development, introduce new CCSS-aligned materials and pay for 10 full-time facilitators to create programs that support changes in the way math, science and literacy are taught.
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