Education Grant Awards
NY Life makes $300K grant for ed services
The New York Life Foundation announced today a three-year, $300,000 grant to support Inwood House’s educational services that help approximately 300 pregnant and parenting youth and their children who are…
Nissan awards $655,000 in grants
The Nissan Foundation awarded $655,000 in grants this past week to 26 nonprofit organizations from across the country during a special luncheon commemorating the institution's 20th anniversary, the corporation announced…
Grants awarded to St. Mary’s College of Maryland physics department
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland physics department has been the recipient of several grants from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), each helping to build the small but talented…
NYL Foundation awards NFTE $500K grant
The New York Life Foundation has awarded the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) a two-year, $500,000 grant to support programs in Boston, Chicago, New York City and Westchester County, NY.…
Seven teachers win technology tools
CCS Presentation Systems, an Arizona audio and visual equipment company, has presented seven teachers statewide with teaching technology tools for the 2012-13 school year through the company’s fourth annual Classroom…
Clements teacher wins $40K wireless lab
A career math teacher, Charlene Hebert entered a nationwide drawing to win a $40K wireless computer lab. She had tried before and failed, but this time was different.…
Small business wins grant to develop school iPad app
A Tucson, Arizona small business was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to create an educational app for middle school science education.…
MIND Research Institute receives $200K for math initiative
The OneWest Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OneWest Bank, awarded $200,000 to support the education nonprofit MIND Research Institute’s Orange County Math Initiative, a community partnership designed to improve the…
Calif. teacher named 2012 National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers announced today that Rebecca Mieliwocki, a 7th grade English teacher in California is the 62nd National Teacher of the Year. Mieliwocki is a…
Libraries receive $30,000, travel scholarships
Better World Books and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) today announced that library programs in Columbus, Ohio; Providence, R.I., and Salinas, Calif., have won the annual Better World…



