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Dougherty Valley HS Teacher Receives Grant from Facing History

SAN RAMON, California (May 28, 2014) – Facing History and Ourselves will award over $47,200 in grants to support innovative teacher education projects around the world, the international educational nonprofit organization announced today, including Dougherty Valley High School educator Dana Pattison. 

Pattison will create a semester-long Common Core State Standards-based Facing History elective. This grant will allow her to bring community building experiences to this newly-formed elective class and purchase start-up materials. The work can serve as a model for a fully-aligned Facing History Holocaust and Human Behavior class.

“This award recognizes those educators who are going above and beyond to nurture the intellectual as well as the moral development of their students,” Facing History Associate Executive Director Marty Sleeper said. “These are teachers who are making an enormous difference in the world.” 

The Margot Stern Strom Innovation Grants grew out of a teaching award established in 2006 to recognize Facing History-trained educators who are thinking outside-the-box to transform schools and impact student learning. 

This week, Facing History awarded over $42,200 to fund 18 cutting-edge classroom projects around the world that focus on technological innovation and collaborative learning. In the coming months, the organization will also award a $5,000 grand prize to a 2013 Innovative Grant winner to further his or her work. 

Find out more about the individual winners and their winning projects here.

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