Groundbreaking Partnership Launched To Build Model P-20 Education in Missoula

A groundbreaking partnership between The University of Montana and Missoula County Public Schools to transform the relationships among classrooms, schools, and student and teacher experiences from preschool to the doctorate level recently was awarded a grant from The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

The two organizations were awarded $730,000 to fund the first year of a three-year, $1.6 million proposal entitled SHAPE P-20, "Schools and Higher Education Advancing Public Education Across the P-20 Spectrum."

The aim of SHAPE P-20 is that all students will graduate from high school with the knowledge and skills required to thrive in the 21st century.

According to Washington Foundation Executive Director Mike Halligan, the grant follows previous support to MCPS to implement Graduation Matters Missoula.

Full Story: http://news.umt.edu/2013/01/011113shpe.aspx