Lilly Invests in Indianapolis Schools
By David Marbaugh
Today’s student might be tomorrow’s scientist or engineer, and as a biopharmaceutical company, we are passionate advocates for education.
The Lilly Foundation recently made a $1 million grant to Teach Plus, a national non-profit that puts teacher leaders at the center of school and system-level reform in a program called the Turnaround Teacher Teams Initiative, or T3 Initiative. By taking a critical mass of experienced, effective teachers in low-performing schools and empowering them to take on leadership roles, the T3 Initiative aims to accelerate improvements school-wide.
Through the four-year foundation grant, three Indianapolis Public Schools, and 24 educators, will join the T3 Initiative, which also includes schools in Boston and Washington, D.C.
To learn more about Lilly's efforts in education, please read our blog.
