.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond Simon today announced the award of a $747,768 grant to Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) at an event today at the Cincinnati Public Schools Education Center with CPS Superintendent Rosa Blackwell, to help increase the number of Americans learning foreign languages critical to national security and commerce. As part of President Bush's National Security Language Initiative, the grant is intended to address the shortage of critical foreign language speakers by supporting new and expanded programs in grades K-12.
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