Tennessee always had an inside track on winning a share of federal Race to the Top funding.
The $500 million application from the state and a similar application from Delaware were chosen in the opening round of the grant program, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The funding over four years comes from a pool of $4.35 billion that 40 of the 50 state governments have applied to receive.
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.