Kimberly Elementary to benefit from grant awarded to Georgia State University

Kimberly Elementary School has been a partner with Georgia State University for more than eight years. Five years ago, GSU received a $6 million dollar grant and became a Professional Development School. Kimberly, Bunche Middle and the Therrell Educational Complex enjoyed the privilege of becoming Professional Development Schools.

Over the past five years, Kimberly has received numerous interns, student teachers helping to decrease the student-teacher ratio. GSU faculty provided staff development and math endorsements. “The school has received incredible support for its instructional program,” said Karen Ross, the instructional liaison specialist at Kimberly, adding that teachers from all three schools participated and received funds to receive master’s degrees in education. The school’s teachers have served as visiting instructors at GSU. As a result of our interaction with GSU, Kimberly has presented nationally five times at the National Professional Development Schools Conference.

The school is pleased to share that once again Georgia State University is doing great things. GSU’s College of Education is the proud recipient of a $13 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, and once again Kimberly will have an opportunity to continue to work with the university.

Read more about this amazing grant in the press release here.