UVA Center for Politics awarded $90,000 grant

The UVA Center for Politics, founded by prolific UVA pundit Larry Sabato, received a $90,000 grant from The Comcast Foundation for the Center’s Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI), according to a press release from the center. YLI develops free educational resources to promote interest among K-12 students in American politics and currently reaches approximately 50,000 teachers worldwide.

With the new grant, YLI will host teacher workshops throughout West Virginia over the next three years, according to the release.

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