Nola.com has recently released this article which discusses the $13 million grant that has been awarded to two New Orleans universities and four nonprofits in an effort to recruit and train 900 diverse teachers for Louisiana by 2020. As stated in the article, “The U.S. Education Department’s Supporting Effective Educator Development Program grant will fund the task set forth by Xavier University and Loyola University, according to school officials Monday morning (Nov. 13) at Xavier’s campus. The schools will be collaborating with Teach For America Greater New Orleans, teach NOLA, Relay Graduate School of Education, and New Schools for New Orleans to address teacher pipeline challenges in the city.”

For more information on why this grant was given and where the money will be spent, click here.