WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) announced a $1 million grant to Wichita State University for teacher quality partnerships.

The funds will enable Wichita State University to partner with Wichita Public Schools to provide high quality, integrative, comprehensive, preparation for urban education. The grant will transform, through the creation of the Urban Teacher Preparation Program (UTPP), elementary and secondary preparation and offer a teacher residency program for early childhood special education.

The funds were awarded by the United States Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Partnerships Grants Program. Senator Roberts is a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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