GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) receives grant

Montana GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships and the AT&T Foundation.

The grant, Promoting Excellence and Innovations in Education, will allow Montana GEAR UP to implement TITAN, Teachers Integrating Technology and Networking, into the schools to enhance teacher performance of core classroom tasks.

“This grant provides another strategy for teachers to break away from teaching to the middle and instead use technology in the classroom to differentiate instruction among students,” Sandy Merdinger, director of Montana GEAR UP said in a press release.

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