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Department of Ed announces new school competition
In yet another move to try and spur education reform, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week $300 million in potential competitive grants that would allow schools to redesign…
June: Five education grants you don’t want to miss
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important projects and opportunities…
Obama unveils ConnectED initiative to boost digital learning
President Obama today unveiled ConnectED, a new initiative intended to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within five years. He called…
Where’s the money for STEM education?
You might be surprised to know that buried deep in the almost 900-page immigration reform bill by the “Gang of 8” is a section that proposes to allocate H-1B visa…
Obama to ask for increased eRate aid
President Barack Obama wants to see the nation's classrooms transformed into digital learning centers and he is ready to ask federal regulators to use billions of dollars to pay for…
How a 16-year-old won a scholarship to Apple’s WWDC
A 16-year-old programmer named Ash Bhat is attending Apple's WWDC next week for free. How? He created an iOS app that earned him one of 150 scholarships, CNET reports. …
Education group voices suport for Calif. ed-tech funding
The ed-tech group Computer Using Educators (CUE) Inc.’s Board of Directors passed a resolution in support of the California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) and the Statewide Educational Technology Services (SETS)…
$20K for afterschool activities
This program awards students for their afterschool activities. Winners in each of 4 categories will receive $5,000 each.…
Prizes of $2,500 plus an iPad Mini
This contest challenges young builders to design & submit a creative, original model made entirely from K’NEX parts and are judged on creativity, uniqueness and detail. The four imaginative children,…
$60K in research funding
This program funds studies that explore the effect of lecture capture, student engagement, and social collaboration tools on teaching and learning. This year’s program seeks to better understand how these…