11/26/2019 01:37:46 PMProfessors at the University of Houston College of Education have received a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare highly skilled special education leaders to work in high-need schools. Over a five-year period, the grant will support 18 students to complete the College’s Ed.D. in professional leadership – special populations program. “It’s an important grant because it helps schools look at change through a systems lens,” said Kristi Santi, an associate professor of special populations at the UH College of Education and the principal investigator on the grant. “You want to have a process in place that continues regardless of who the players are so the services remain evidence-based and appropriate for all students.”