The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed grants of $$3.2 millionm 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.
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.