YAKIMA -- More than 100 teachers throughout Central Washington will be offered professional development for teaching American history under a three-year $1 million grant awarded to the Thorp School District in Kittitas County. The award was announced Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. It's one of 121 new grants totaling $114.7 million being distributed through the Teaching American History program to schools in 40 states. The grant is being awarded to the 170-student Thorp School District but will be used to offer staff training for 110 teachers throughout Central Washington. Led by the Thorp School District, teachers will be supported by a consortium of partners, including 15 school districts, Central Washington University, a historical society, archives, museums, libraries, local TV stations, the Northwest Oral History Association and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction -- 57 partners in all. The grant is designed to improve student achievement by deepening teachers' knowledge of traditional American history through intensive and ongoing professional development in both content and research-based technology. To learn more about the Teaching American History grant program visit, <a href="www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html" target="_blank">www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html</a>. YAKIMA -- More than 100 teachers throughout Central Washington will be offered professional development for teaching American history under a three-year $1 m City Desk, LOCAL

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