GREENSBORO, N.C. — UNC Greensboro (UNCG) has received a $6.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
This grant is not just a big deal for UNCG but also for two school districts including Rockingham and Surry County Schools.
The grants will do the following:
- Provide residency for 80 master’s degree-level students
- Add multiple professional development programs
- Training for teachers so they can develop ways to integrate computational content and practices into K-12 instruction in the Rockingham and Surry school districts
- Creates new Piedmont Teacher Residency Program (PTRP)
The PTRP program is an immersive teaching residency for high-need subjects and areas with Rockingham and Surry County Schools. The program will also help prepare 20 teachers per year to work in the partner districts’ schools that are in high need.
“This is truly transformational work,” said UNCG Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. “Our faculty and students are committed to creating long-term, meaningful change in rural communities that need and deserve the highest quality public instruction. A project of such scope and magnitude would not have been possible without this award; we are grateful to the U.S. Department of Education for its generous support.”
FUN FACTS ABOUT UNCG
- UNCG has a $1 billion economic impact on the Piedmont Triad
- 94% of undergraduates are from North Carolina
- 75% of alumni stay in North Carolina
- 35,000 alumni live within 25 miles, 80,000 within 100 miles
- 125 Plus undergraduate areas of study
- 100 plus master's and doctoral programs
OTHER EDUCATION STORIES
RELATED: 'Guilford Parent Academy' Offers Free Reading Classes To Boost Literacy In Children And Adults
The new WFMY News 2 phone and tablet app boasts a modernized look and feel—download now.