Kellogg Foundation Awards $16.7 Million to Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

“Having enough great teachers, especially in the math and sciences, shouldn’t depend on where a child lives,” said Mike Flanagan, Mich.’s state superintendent of public instruction. “This program will help heal that disparity.”

The first statewide Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship, inspired by Dr. Levine’s research, is already under way in Ind. The four participating universities are Ball State University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Purdue University and the University of Indianapolis. The first group of Fellows began their studies this past summer, and the project is being independently evaluated by the Urban Institute. Like Indiana’s Fellowship, the Michigan Fellowship will serve as a model for improving teacher education across the country.