Annisquam economist Edward Moscovitch's education institute is in line for a multi-million dollar federal grant that will bring at least five years of reading and writing support to Beeman Elementary School.
As president of the Bay State Reading Institute and Cape Ann Economics, Moscovitch, of River Road, said the grant will allow his organization to train teachers in statistics use and provide additional reading coaches for students, among other things.
"Beeman and the Bay State Reading Institute are going to go on a journey," Moscovitch said. "We are going to work with Beeman to make it the best it can be."
In total, the grant to Bay State Reading — which is a near certainty but has not yet been formally announced, is expected to be worth around $5 million, with the value of work going to Beeman between $400,000 and $500,000.
Competition for the federal money was intense. Bay State Reading, a nonprofit, was one of 49 groups to secure funding out of around 1,700 that applied, Moscovitch said.
Beeman is one of 11 schools in Massachusetts that Bay State Reading will be working with thanks to the grant and one of only two that will begin the program this year.
Beeman Principal Ellen Sibley said Friday that educators at her school had been focusing on reading and writing in recent years to put themselves in a position to capitalize on something like this.
"Teachers and administrators have been working hard on implementing best practices on literacy," Sibley said. "One of the reasons we got the grant is we were considered ready. Some of the other places were not ready to begin."
The U.S. Department of Education is scheduled to formally announce the list of grant recipients on Sept. 28.
Patrick Anderson can be reached at 978-283-7000, x3455, or panderson@gloucestertimes.com.
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