March 5, 2018
The Walton Family Foundation announced plans to invest $790,000 to grow and diversify the teaching profession in Houston, Texas, by supporting the expansion of Teaching Excellence, an innovative teacher training program run by YES Prep Public Schools–one of 21 teams who attended the Smithsonian's 2018 Summit designed to help teams diversify the STEM teaching workforce. With foundation support, Teaching Excellence will train and support at least 620 educators, 70 percent of whom will identify as people of color, between 2018 and 2020. Teaching Excellence educators will eventually serve Houston students across 15 charter organizations and school districts.
Read more at https://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/newsroom/yes-prep-public-schools-teaching-excellence