Educational Psychology Department Earns $1.2M Grant

The Department of Educational Psychology received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for Project TELL — Training Effective Leaders for High-Needs Schools Through Local Partnerships. With the grant, UNT and three local school districts — Birdville, DeSoto and Lewisville — have teamed up to help train and educate future leaders of special education programs.

The UNT team includes Bertina Combes, project director and associate professor of educational psychology, and co-project directors, Smita Mehta, associate professor of educational psychology, and Endia Lindo, assistant professor of educational psychology.

Beginning this summer, the grant will provide scholarships and stipends to 12 doctoral students to develop interventions for challenges facing the three school districts. The students will gain leadership experience in making systematic changes to improve special education.

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