Education Grant Awards
Newegg.com awards computer lab to NYC teacher
Andrea Deak, from the H.S. 570 Satellite Academy in New York City, will be honored in a special ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate her status as the grand prize winner in…
Illinois students receive virtual field trip grants
Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Marc Miller announced that more than $63,000 in Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grants will allow nearly 6,000 students to visit Illinois state parks,…
Ariz. teacher wins national award
Mesa, Ariz. educator Patricia Urdialez has received the 2011 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year award. Urdialez leads the Longfellow Elementary School's family literacy program, which will receive $10,000…
16 schools to receive library makeovers from Target
Target and The Heart of America Foundation will be unveiling 16 extreme school library transformations across the country throughout the fall.…
$500,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a data scheduler
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Louisiana State University professor Tevfik Kosar to support his work on Stork Data Scheduler, a computing tool that helps researchers…
21st century classrooms worth $45,000 awarded to five schools
Five schools across the country will receive 21st-century classrooms through CDW-G and Discovery Education's Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes.…
ICIF creates Michael Vergauwen Education Fund
InfoComm International's foundation, the International Communications Industries Foundation (ICIF), created the Michael Verguwen Education Fund to recognize the career achievements of AV industry leader, Michael Vergauwen. Vergauwen, the COO of…
Free access to SAS online curriculum resources
SAS Curriculum Pathways, which is used by thousands of teachers in more than 30 states, is now available for free to every educator in America. SAS Curriculum Pathways provides content…
$100,000 from Able Information Technologies to eight Arizona schools
Able Information Technologies has completed a contest to reward Arizona schools for their exemplary use of technology to improve education. The contest, which awarded $100,000 worth of prizes to eight…
$300,000 in middle school scholarships and grants from Raytheon
Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., celebrated Math Awareness Month in April by awarding $1,000 scholarships to 150 middle school students and matching grants to the students' schools. The scholarships can…



