Curry School of Education professor Randy Bell is the co-principal investigator of the grant. Photo by Dan Addison
The University of Virginia is among the leaders in a statewide effort – backed by a $34 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education – to implement and study the effectiveness of the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement, a professional development program intended to enhance science education throughout the commonwealth.
Randy Bell, an associate professor at U.Va.‘s Curry School of Education and the co-principal investigator of the grant, will collaborate with science educators from five other universities across the state in the study.
The funding, an “Investing in Innovation,” or i3, grant, was awarded to the six Virginia universities through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. George Mason University is the lead school; the others are the College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech and James Madison University.
The grant total combines $28.5 million from the Department of Education with a required 20 percent match from the private sector. The grant will fund the implementation of the VISTA initiative in elementary and secondary schools in Richmond, Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.
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