Texas High Schools That Work Enhanced Design Network Grant Program
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is pleased to announce that the following
applications have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the
Texas High Schools That Work Enhanced Design Network Grant Program.
The primary goal of this grant program is for high schools
to implement the following HSTW key design principles:
a challenging curriculum for all high school students, including four credits of math, four credits in a career/technology concentration, and four credits in an academic concentration, with at least one of those credits being Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or dual credit;
school wide literacy goals across the curriculum;
intervention strategies for equipping under-prepared students for challenging high school work;
programs to reduce the failure rate at ninth grade; and
links to postsecondary education. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how school district resources, including in-kind resources, will be dedicated toward the project; how the campus will utilize the HSTW school improvement consultants and incorporate identified professional development into their campus improvement plans; and how the program will be sustained using other funding sources, including federal, state, local, or private funds, beyond the life of the project period.
Grant Period: July 1, 2006 – February 29, 2008 (correction noted 06/21/2006)
List of Awardees:
Birdville ISD
Birdville High School
Haltom High School
Richland High School
Diboll ISD
Diboll High School
Galena Park ISD
Galena Park High School
Houston ISD
Barbara Jordan High School
High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice