HamptonRoads.com January 28, 2011 Hampton University lands $2.69M training grant Hampton University has received a five-year, $2.69 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to partner with high-need Virginia school divisions to offer educational training for administrators. Administrators will learn research-based practices designed to turn around low-achieving schools, a university news release said. Participating divisions were classified as level I or level II based on low-income population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The level I districts - Portsmouth, Franklin, Danville and Roanoke - will pay nothing to participate. The level II districts - including Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News - will receive partial funding because they don't meet the education department's definition of "high-need." Hampton University has received a five-year, $2.69 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to partner with high-need Virginia school divisions to offer educational training for administrators. Administrators will learn research-based practices designed to turn around low-achieving schools, a university news release said. Participating divisions were classified as level I or level II based on low-income population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The level I districts - Portsmouth, Franklin, Danville and Roanoke - will pay nothing to participate. The level II districts - including Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News - will receive partial funding because they don't meet the education department's definition of "high-need." SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org www.hbculibraries.org 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org Honor the ancestors, honor the children.