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Data U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $115 Million to Help Increase Educator Compensation and Promote Educator Diversity
                                                          U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $115 Million to Help Increase Educator Compensation and Promote Educator Diversity
October 25, 2023
**Contact:** Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
The U.S. Department of Education today announced new  awards totaling nearly $115 million to support 29 Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive projects, bolstering the Department's commitment to  ensuring a well-prepared, diverse, and sustainable educator workforce.
Through Raise the Bar: Lead the World, the Department is supporting states and school districts to eliminate educator shortages in  our nation’s schools. The TSL grants help districts to address educator  shortages by supporting career advancement and teacher leadership opportunities, increasing compensation, and improving educator retention.
**"**All  students benefit from a diverse and well-supported educator workforce that can  prepare them to lead. While all students benefit from diverse teachers,  when students of color see their backgrounds and experiences reflected in their  teachers, we see higher levels of academic achievement and student engagement  in school, and more students aspiring to be teachers themselves one day. That's  why attracting, retaining, and supporting a diverse educator workforce is a top  priority in our efforts to Raise the Bar for learning conditions in our  schools," said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. "This  nearly $115 million investment will help states and school districts recruit  and retain new talent, increase compensation, and address educator shortages  that we know disproportionately impact students from our communities of color,  students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities and English  learners."
The FY 2023 TSL grant competition prioritized activities  that advance the Department's goal of promoting educator diversity and career  advancement opportunities for teachers that improve teacher retention. The  funding comes at a critical point for school districts as they face significant  hurdles in attracting and retaining the qualified educators and other school  staff they need to best support students. These staffing challenges  disproportionately impact Black and Latino students, students from low-income  backgrounds, students with disabilities, and English learners.
The announcement of the awards also comes as the  Department hosts the inaugural Conference on Equity in Opportunity and Teach to Lead in Denver, Colorado, where researchers, practitioners, and policy leaders will  come together to discuss priorities for a diverse educator workforce, identify  hurdles to building a diverse workforce, disseminate and amplify effective  practices, and share information about grant funding to increase equity and  access to funding opportunities.
The list of FY23 TSL new grant awards is provided below:
**Name**
    **State**
    **Total Amount**Alaska Council of School Administrators
    AK
    $2,567,300Cross County School District
    AR
    $747,426Arkansas Public School Resource Center, Inc.
    AR
    $5,756,874Maricopa County Education Service Agency
    AZ
    $2,717,803National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
    AZ
    $4,609,288Tulare County Office of Education
    CA
    $3,076,871Lindsay Unified School District
    CA
    $3,141,000Teaching Lab
    DC
    $6,521,067United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida
    FL
    $2,021,734Cahokia Unit School District 187
    IL
    $3,292,305Perry Township Schools
    IN
    $2,521,025Natchitoches Parish School District
    LA
    $4,078,402Community Training and Assistance Center, Incorporated
    MA
    $3,795,153International Academy of Flint
    MI
    $437,118Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
    NC
    $2,826,328The Innovation Project (TIP)
    NC
    $8,330,115Wake County Public School System
    NC
    $4,579,709Montgomery County Schools
    NC
    $8,269,050National Ctr for Hebrew Language Charter School Excellence
    NY
    $1,439,417Hyde Leadership Charter School-Brooklyn
    NY
    $520,416Mastery Charter High School
    PA
    $3,623,357Providence Public School System
    RI
    $3,033,220Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and    Innovation
    SC
    $9,920,927Laurens County School District 55
    SC
    $4,220,137Center for Strategic Leadership and Organizational    Coherence
    TN
    $9,769,972LEAD Public Schools
    TN
    $4,767,842Region 18 Education Service Center
    TX
    $3,042,521Harmony Public Schools
    TX
    $4,384,201Winona Independent School District
    TX
    $750,527**Total**
    
    **$114,761,105**
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