Oracle Education Foundation honors outstanding students

More than 50 students from seven countries, along with their coaches and parents, met in San Francisco for ThinkQuest Live 2007. This event, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation, is…

Knight Foundation awards $500,000 to Philadelphia high schools

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $500,000 in grants to the School District of Philadelphia and Prime Movers at George Washington University to create journalism clubs…

NSF awards $200,000 to Computer Science Teachers Association

The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) has received a $200,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CSTA will use the NSF award to identify local educational leaders who…

Motorola Foundation grants $3.5M for next generation of inventors

The Motorola Foundation announced the recipients of its Innovation Generation Grants, a $3.5 million educational technology grants initiative to inspire young people to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).…

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to support an initiative on…

A new program through the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Education has been granted $1.3 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare 100 Missouri teachers to teach…

Florida Virtual School receives $314,000 AT&T grant

Florida Virtual School (FLVS), a nationally recognized eLearning model for developing and providing virtual K-12 education solutions to students, will use a $314,000 grant to conduct a two-year project to…

Oracle donates $1 million to JA Worldwide

JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) announced today that Oracle has awarded a $1 million Oracle Commitment Grant in support of the organization's innovative JA Titan, a web-based business competition for teens.…

New York City Department of Education wins $1 Million Broad Prize for Urban Education

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) won the 2007 Broad Prize for Urban Education. New York City has been a finalist for The Broad Prize for the past…

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices awards $10,000 grants to five states

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practice (NGA Center) announced that five states -- Arkansas, Delaware, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oklahoma -- will each receive $10,000 grants to convene Governors'…