UT, Knoxville’s Baker School awarded a more than $2 million grant
The funding is part of a historic $153 million federal investment in American history and civics education.
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $2 million to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Institute of American Civics (IAC) through the department’s American History and Civics Seminars Program. The Institute is housed within the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs.
“We are deeply honored to receive this significant investment from the U.S. Department of Education,” said Josh Dunn, Executive Director of the IAC. “This support will allow us to dramatically expand our work equipping Tennessee’s K-12 educators with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to teach America’s founding principles and constitutional heritage.”
The funding is part of a historic $153 million federal investment in American history and civics education. The IAC will use the grant to expand its K-12 civics outreach through a three-year program, Renewing the Republic: Strengthening Civics Instruction for Tennessee Teachers. The program will provide educators with in-depth professional development seminars to deepen their understanding of the principles and institutions that make the U.S. system of self-government possible and to equip them with the resources to instill that understanding in their students.
Building on the IAC’s successful Tennessee Civics Academy, the grant will support a range of content-rich learning opportunities, with the aim of reaching more than 1,000 teachers each year through expert-led civics seminars and clinics.
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