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WORDS Illinois Principal Investigator Rachel Schachter and Co-Principal Investigator Esther Lindström sitting in a conference room.

April 27, 2026

UIC researchers awarded $10M grant to boost young learners’ reading skills

Funds launch WORDS Illinois, a multiyear professional learning program for teachers.

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August 5, 2019

UIC awarded $4.7 million NSF grant to enhance K-8 math instruction, professional development in south Cook County

Project aims to get teachers, schools and districts on the “same page”

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January 25, 2018

UIC awarded $2.5 million grant to study how teachers learn

Will investigate instruction, classroom discourse in science, literature, and mathematics