Congratulations to the Anacortes and Sedro-Woolley School Districts for winning education grants from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The districts will use the money to develop early-learning programs to prepare children for school.
The Gates grants are noteworthy on a couple of counts: The competition for funding from the world’s largest foundation is fierce and the process rigorous. Even though the foundation has to give away millions of dollars every day to meet its disbursement requirements under the law, its review and approval come with hard scrutiny.
The grants also come with high expectations and a challenge to produce lasting and sustainable results. The foundation, and local parents, will be watching to see how well the districts do at making sure children are prepared to be educated by the time they start kindergarten.
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Congratulations to grant-winning districts
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