Fulton’s Banneker High up to $5.4 million for tech curriculum
Benjamin Banneker High School is receiving a School Improvement Grant worth up to $5.4 million over five years,
Principal Duke Bradley said the money will be used to implement new academic programming and to dramatically overhaul the school’s current instructional design.
“We will use the award to honor three overarching tenets; quality teaching, relevant instructional programming, and flexibility and choice,” he said.
One main thrusts of that will be to restructure the Career and Technical Education programs for workforce readiness, including classes relevant to careers that correspond with projected workforce priorities specific to south Atlanta. For example, Aerotropolis Atlanta, a multi-million commercial development project around Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is envisioned as a high-tech hub. That means beefing up the science, technology, engineering and math components of the school into a new magnet program.
