Hartford Schools to Receive $5 Million Gates Grant

Hartford Public Schools will receive $5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand their work with the Achievement First and Jumoke Academy charter school networks
The three-year grant is expected to fund a leadership academy in which Achievement First will “recruit, train and support” future Hartford principals during a yearlong residency that begins in one of the network’s charter schools and ends at a district school, according to the proposal. [MORE]