CELL Receives $2.3 Million Grant to Strengthen Teaching, Improve Student Preparation for College, Career

The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning at the University of Indianapolis has received $2.3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support coaching for Indianapolis Public Schools teachers and administrators and improve instruction in the district’s new small high schools.

Last year, the school district dissolved its five comprehensive high schools and created on those campuses a total of 21 smaller, autonomous schools to raise academic achievement and graduation rates. CELL’s ongoing support of these schools will include new professional development opportunities for school staff based on research-proven teaching methods and data analysis, and avenues for greater student participation through a youth leadership development program involving AmeriCorps volunteers. IPS has committed an additional $2.5 million internally to these initiatives.

To read the full press release, visit the University of Indianapolis Web site.