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  • Gates Foundation funds teacher quality models
    Fri, Nov 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality -- from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay. Key words: Bill and Melinda Gates, educational technology, school technology, school funding, teacher quality, Gates Foundation [ Read More ]

  • USDA: Reward schools serving healthy food
    Wed, Nov 18, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Fed
    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said schools that serve more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal support rates than those serving less-healthier meals loaded with high fats and sugar, reports the Associated Press. [ Read More ]

  • Give your school library a technology makeover
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    Acer and Intel are accepting nominations for Acer's School Library Technology Makeover Contest, which will award 10 new Acer Aspire Timeline notebook computers, valued at nearly $10,000, and two all-in-one desktop computers to a deserving school library. [ Read More ]

  • Win $100,000 for your school
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    U.S. Cellular is asking people to go online and vote for their schools that have been entered in the Calling All Communities campaign. To enter a school into the campaign, simply visit a U.S. Cellular to get a code and register their school online. The 10 schools with the most votes will receive $100,000 to use however they choose. [ Read More ]

  • Win $1,000 or DreamBox subscriptions for their classroom
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The "Dream Big" contest calls on kids to imagine their career dreams and submit a video on what they want to be when they grow up. The videos will be posted on DreamBox.com as well as YouTube, with public voting on the best submissions. In addition to public opinion, DreamBox Learning has appointed a panel of judges to review the most popular submissions and determine prize winners, to be announced on December 15, 2009. Family and classroom contestants are strongly encouraged to have fun and focus on the contest theme rather than video production quality as winners will be judged on content and creativity. While everyone who enters will be rewarded with a free one-month trial of DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, one entry will be chosen to win a grand prize of $1,000. Additionally, five individual entries will be awarded six-month subscriptions to DreamBox Learning K-2 Math valued at $59.99; and three classrooms will win a DreamBox Math Classroom license for the 2009/10 school year, good for up to 24 students, and valued at $1,200. [ Read More ]

  • Up to $10,000 for top teachers
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The Fund for Teachers invites educators from across the country to submit proposals for their own do-it-yourself learning odysseys next summer. Destinations and disciplines are limitless as previous itineraries over the past nine years include tours, conferences and independent studies on every continent. Multiple grants - of $5,000 for individuals and team grants of up to $10,000 -- will be awarded. [ Read More ]

  • Students can have their short stories published
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    Reading Rockets and AdLit.org recently launched a new monthly challenge that gives students a chance to flex their writing muscles with writing prompts. The prompts are inspired by the 18 authors and illustrators participating in the Exquisite Corpse Adventure, a new serial story that's unfolding on the Library of Congress website. The Exquisite Prompt contest is a series of monthly writing challenges designed as a classroom activity for kids in grades K-12. Teachers can engage their students by selecting just one of the monthly challenges or try a new challenge every month. The prompts are based on the works or the lives of the 18 participating authors and illustrators and the project can be used in conjunction with, or independent of, the Exquisite Corpse Adventure. [ Read More ]

  • Fellowships for new high school math and science teachers
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation is now accepting applications for a comprehensive teaching fellowship available to individuals committed to becoming professional high school science or mathematics teachers. KSTF Teaching Fellowships provide up to five years of financial and professional support to exceptional individuals as they begin their careers teaching in U.S. high schools. [ Read More ]

  • Georgia grants launch algebra by iPod
    Thu, Nov 12, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    For the first time in its history, the Georgia Department of Education this month will hand out grants for schools to pioneer the use of handheld computing to see if it engages students better than traditional book-and-paper methods, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [ Read More ]

  • $5 billion 'Race to the Top' begins
    Thu, Nov 12, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Fed
    The Obama administration on Nov. 12 is opening its competition for states to receive $5 billion in 'Race to the Top' education funding, but states have been jockeying for the new stimulus money even before the contest begins. Key words: education funding, state funding, stimulus funds, education technology, obama administration [ Read More ]

 

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