Four Tribal Colleges to Receive an Initial $800,000 Each Under American Indian College Fund's Early Childhood Education Project (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Four Tribal Colleges to Receive an Initial $800,000 Each Under
American Indian College Fund's Early Childhood Education Project

DENVER, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In April 2011, the
American Indian College Fund announced a $5 million grant award from
the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund four early childhood education
projects located at tribal colleges and universities and serving
Native children. Under the program, initial grant awards of $800,000
per college over a period of four years will be awarded to four tribal
colleges whose submitted proposals best supported the goals and
objectives of the program to improve young Native students' skill
acquisition; prepare them for grades K-12 and post-secondary
education; improve the quality of early childhood teachers in Native
communities through partnership opportunities with post-secondary
teacher training programs at the tribal colleges; bridge early
childhood and K-3 education; integrate Native language and culture
into early childhood curriculum; and empower Native families and
communities as change agents in education for their children.

Access full article below:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/four-tribal-colleges-to-receive-an-initial-800000-each-under-american-indian-college-funds-early-childhood-education-project-126177848.html