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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. That grant is a large bet that Middletown’s progress is real, and that it will not only continue, but become a model for other districts educating low-income students. The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well. districts to earn a $20 million federal Race to the Top grant.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. That grant is a large bet that Middletown’s progress is real, and that it will not only continue, but become a model for other districts educating low-income students. "I’m The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well. ” - Celeste Miller, Middletown parent.