Innovative ideas for school libraries
Everything a school library should be--and how to get your school library there
School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. It’s in school libraries where students often discover and hone their love of coding and programming, create amazing projects via makerspaces, and where they develop important 21st-century skills.
Up to $20K to help adults develop literacy skills
The Adult Literacy Grants award funding to nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of literacy assistance. Organizations must provide help in one of the…
Up to $1K in matching education grants
The Northrop Grumman Foundation's Employee Matching Gifts for Education Program is designed to acknowledge and support our employees' commitment to education. Please check the eligible/ineligible education support lists…
Free lessons help educators teach about global climate change
To help meet the demand for better science instruction in the nation's schools, PBS TeacherLine has teamed up with NASA to offer a series of free, self-paced professional…
eSchool News January 2011
Highlights 4 Default Lines Now is not the time to pull back on investing in education, writes Editor Dennis Pierce. ... Read more
Holocaust historical data goes digital
The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital: Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents interactive and…
Up to $1,000 for math and science learning
Are you a K-12 teacher who develops or applies science, mathematics, and technology in your curriculum? If the answer is “yes,” you may qualify for a grant of…
$1K for biology teachers in higher education
This award honors a four-year college & university faculty member who demonstrates creativity and innovation in his/her teaching. Such innovation may include, but is not limited to, curriculum…
$1,500 for biology teachers
This award will be given to a secondary school teacher who has successfully developed and demonstrated an innovative approach in the teaching of ecology/environmental science and has carried…
1,200 awards of $1K each from Best Buy
This year the Best Buy @15 Scholarship Program will award scholarships to students in grades 9-12 living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico who plan to enter a…
$175K from Intel for math- and science-minded schools
Every year, Intel honors U.S. schools demonstrating excellence in math and science education through innovative teaching and learning environments. To be considered as an Intel School of Distinction,…
Scholarships to help teens build life skills
Applications are now available online for AG Bell's acclaimed Leadership Opportunities for Teens (LOFT) program for 2011. LOFT is a four day program designed for participants to develop…
Top prizes for outstanding college students
USA TODAY honors outstanding students with the All-USA Academic Teams. The top 20 students selected for each of the All-USA First Teams will receive a $2,500 cash award,…
Travel to D.C. for Law Day
The 2011 contest theme is “The Legacy of John Adams: From Boston to Guantanamo.” Students are asked to showcase how John Adams, America’s first “lawyer president,” influenced our…
$50K for projects that address youth hunger
YSA will award 100 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects that address the issue of childhood hunger on Global Youth Service Day (April…
Free online course helps educators teach about ocean exploration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a free online workshop for teachers and the general public, called "How Do We Explore?" The course is based…
Poll of the day: District efficiency
According to a new report, districts aren’t measuring their efficiency and it’s costing the U.S. billions of taxpayer money. [poll ... Read more
Records from the Kennedy administration now online
In a move that will make primary-source documents more accessible for students, Caroline Kennedy unveiled the nation's first online presidential archive on Jan. 13, a $10 million project…
Fifty free Samsung document cameras
Through this grant program, Samsung is looking to award a total of 50 Samsung SAMCAM 860 digital presenters to those schools who could best utilize a document camera…
Free classroom books for students
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation invites schools or other literacy projects to apply for FREE books for Read Across America Day. During the past year, LEF has distributed over…
$10K in scholarships for high school students
Students interested in participating should submit up to a 300 word essay answering the question: “Is technology critical to a live presentation? Or is it just a crutch?”…
$340,000 for science teachers
The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) is an annual awards program that recognizes extraordinary contributions by K-12 educators across the United States and Canada who are…
Awards for organizations’ performance excellence
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive. The award focuses on performance in…
Up to $25,000 for science and tech projects
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams of three to…
Up to $5,000 for early childhood development
Organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support are urged to apply: early childhood education and development that is directly related to creativity, and technology…
$10K for teachers who integrate agriculture into lessons
The Realize Science Technology Grant for Agriculture in the Classroom will award $5,000 worth of cutting edge science education equipment to K-12 teachers across the U.S. this spring.…
$20,000 awards for supporting students studying psychological science
This program provides financial support for efforts aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in the secondary schools. Proposals for programs must…
New resource gives teachers free access to educational tools
Teachers are faced with daily challenges like: What standards am I required to teach? Where can I find quality education resources? How do I implement these resources in…
Poll: Value-added model for teachers
The so-called value-added model is an “imperfect, but still informative” measure of teacher effectiveness, especially when it is combined with ... Read more
Six girls arrested for Facebook invitation to attack a teacher
Six girls have been arrested in connection with a Facebook invitation to take part in what the poster called “Attack a Teacher Day” at two Nevada middle schools.
Ten grant-writing resolutions for the new year
As one year ends and another begins, I always think it’s a good idea to go back and review the basics of grant writing and develop some resolutions…
Poll: State implementation of common standards
The findings of a new survey on state implementation of the Common Core State Standards reveals that adoption of these standards ... Read more
Edmodo provides free, secure social networking for schools
Teachers seeking online communication and collaboration opportunities with students and other educators have another free resource at their disposal: Edmodo, an education-based social networking site. Edmodo offers free…
eSchool News November / December 2010
Highlights 4 Default Lines Editor Dennis Pierce on why Waiting for ‘Superman’ disappoints 40 e-Rate Survival Guide With more than ... Read more
The 10 biggest ed-tech stories of 2010
STEM education gets a boost amid concerns about U.S. competitiveness … States embrace cloud computing with large-scale school software projects… ... Read more
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 7
In April, Oregon announced that it would give its 540,000 public school students free access to the online Google Apps for Education, a move that state officials said…
New website helps school leaders use data to improve instruction
