Alaska gets $2.9M grant from ‘Investing in Innovation’ fund

The Association of Alaska School Boards has been selected to receive a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s “Investing in Innovation” fund.
The grant, announced earlier this month, will go to six Alaskan school districts to support “culturally responsive social and emotional learning” programs.
In the Bering Straits School District, that means providing professional development to staff about how to help students deal with traumas.
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