Education
Nationwide, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $13 billion in Title I funds, which helps low-income students, and $13.5 billion in IDEA funds, which helps students with disabilities. This is the first of two installments of direct funding for Title I and IDEA programs that for school districts will receive under President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; the second installment of funds will be released to districts in the fall of this year.
“Picturing America is a unique program that provides students with a gateway to the entire universe of the humanities,” said Congressman Cohen. “By bringing great art into public and private schools, libraries and communities like ours, this program offers Americans of all ages the opportunity to learn about our history in a fresh and engaging way.”
“I am very pleased to announce this nearly half-million dollar award for Crichton College,” said Congressman Cohen. “Crichton plans to strengthen its ability to produce highly qualified urban educators for Memphis by improving the credentials and resources of its teacher education program, and this federal support will go a long way toward helping them realize their goal.”
Crichton College has initiated the Urban Teachers Education Initiative, which will:
“I am very grateful to Chairman Obey granting this request for Southwest Tennessee Community College,” said Congressman Cohen. “Southwest’s nursing and biotechnology program is essential for training the next generation of workers in the 9th District’s burgeoning biotechnology sector. Southwest is the largest public community college in the state of Tennessee and this funding will help to improve one of their most important areas of study.”
Reforming higher education has been one of my highest priorities as an elected official, both as a Member of Congress and as a Tennessee state senator. Last year, Congress enacted into law a $20 billion increase in college financial aid over the next five years, the largest increase in student aid since the G.I. Bill of 1944.
“I am grateful to the Department of Education for awarding these monies to the Memphis City Schools system to improve literacy and academic achievement of our children,” said Congressman Cohen. “This funding will benefit nearly 30,000 students from kindergarten through high school by updating their school libraries with the newest technologies and maintaining an expert staff to assist students in their academic efforts.”
“I was very pleased to announce this grant for Tennessee from Pre-K Now,” said Congressman Cohen. “Pre-K Now is one of the most important advocacy organizations for high-quality pre-kindergarten education in Washington, and we are grateful for all of the services and funding that they provide for policymakers at all levels of government. The Tennessee Alliance for Early Education has been doing great work the children of Tennessee for many years and they are certainly befitting of this award.”