Chancellor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. The Holmes Partnership is a consortium that pulls these forces together. This fall, the Holmes Partnership will launch the United Network to Improve Teacher Education to search out effective teaching strategies that serve urban students. The Holmes Scholar program strives for just that. A database is tracking the long-term effects on learning.
Innovations often take money.
These authors offer tips on getting the grant dollars you need. Leave yourself enough time to do a good job writing the grant proposal. Ask administrators or mentors to provide statistical information for background. For example, if the grantor gives you a computer, get a local business to promise to give you another. Seed money gives validity to the program you're trying to get going.