The Bill & Teacher Education Foundation has awarded grants of $ 34.7 m over three years to help set up five teacher preparation training sites around America , aiming to bring people together from schools , teacher - preparation providers and K-12 school systems to share data , knowledge and best practices . These sites will work on the development , piloting and scaling of those teacher - preparation practices that prove effective in helping new teachers improve student outcomes in K-12 .
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed grants of $34.7m over three years to help set up five teacher preparation transformation centres around America, aiming to bring people together from universities, teacher-preparation providers and K-12 school systems to share data, knowledge and best practices. These sites will work on the development, piloting and scaling of those teacher-preparation practices that prove effective in helping new teachers improve student outcomes in K-12.