Cisco ISD Among Winners Of $5 Million Raise Your Hand Texas Blended Learning Grant Initiative
Wed, 04/13/2016 - 13:46
News Staff
by Amy Dodson
AUSTIN, TX (April 13, 2016) – Raise Your Hand Texas today announced the five winners selected as blended learning demonstration sites, including Cisco ISD, to receive up to $500,000 in grant funding over three years and comprehensive implementation support, through the Raising Blended LearnersSM initiative. More than a dozen additional districts were selected as pilot sites and will receive implementation support without grant funding to promote the expansion of blended learning statewide. The five winning demonstration sites– a mix of small and large, urban and rural, public school districts and public charter schools – will serve as proof points for the effective implementation of blended learning and were chosen through a 10-month consideration process involv- ing 75 semi-finalist teams. Cisco ISD is joined by Birdville ISD, KIPP Houston, Pasadena ISD, and Point Isabel ISD.
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