Urbana school district one of four new literacy grant winners
By Amy F. Reiter
Thursday July 17, 2008
URBANA – A program in which parents and their young children learn together has gotten state support in the form of a $125,000 grant that, depending on federal funding, is renewable for the next four years – potentially, a half-million-dollar boost.
The Urbana school district was one of 23 new applicants – and one of four new winners – of the Illinois Even Start family literacy program grants, said Debbie McDermott, literacy coordinator for Urbana Adult Education.
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