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It’s time to permanently increase education funding–ESSER spending proves it

December 7, 2022October 7, 2022 by Carrie Stewart, Co-Founder, Afton Partners

What if ESSER's lesson isn’t about the power of one-time relief, but instead about the need for increased recurring investment in schools?

In the last two years, an unprecedented increase in funding has flooded into schools around the country courtesy of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) package.

Alabama Expands Use of LETRS Professional Learning Course Statewide

August 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

BOSTON (Aug. 16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can ... Read more

District Management

3 strategies for making the most of education funding

June 25, 2021 by Dr. Amy Jackson, Vice President of Applied Research & Strategy, Illuminate Education

These strategies can help education leaders ensure that stimulus funding has a far-reaching impact for students, schools, and districts

As school districts across the country make plans for their stimulus funding, it’s critical that they prioritize the purchases that will spur equitable student growth.

Online petition urges computer science education funding

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

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An online petition urges Congress to provide $250 million to help schools and districts integrate computer science into the curriculum. In a letter sent to Congress, the authors…

Featured Funding News

April: 5 education grants you don’t want to miss

April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

School funding difficulties show no sign of abating, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important projects…

District Management

4 ways to leverage federal funds for ed-tech

March 27, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

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Education technology is a priority in today's classrooms, and this includes ensuring that students have access to technology tools and high-speed internet to access digital learning resources. While…

District Management

House committee targets education funding

May 22, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already…

District Management

Obama, Romney spar over education funding

October 5, 2012October 4, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama said his Republican rival for the presidency, Mitt Romney, favors cutting the Education Department's budget by up to 20 percent, while Romney insisted that was…

District Management

Bleak outlook for education spending under sequestration

September 24, 2012September 21, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As schools face ever-increasing budget dilemmas, education stakeholders are desperately hoping to avoid sequestration, or across-the-board cuts, to domestic spending next year—cuts that could devastate education programs and…

District Management

Nearly 900 districts to apply for Race to the Top funding

September 4, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Nearly 900 school districts across the nation intend to apply for a slice of close to $400 million in grants that the U.S. Education Department will distribute in…

Teaching Trends

What ‘sequestration’ could mean for school grant seeking in 2013

October 26, 2012September 1, 2012 by By Deborah Ward

You might already know that the Budget Control Act of 2011 created a Joint Commission of Congress that is charged with identifying budgetary savings of at least $1.2…

District Management

Debt-ceiling bill forces cuts to education spending

August 3, 2011August 2, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

After weeks of political posturing, the agreement reached by lawmakers to raise the nation’s debt ceiling contains some good news for low-income college students—and bad news for other…

Teaching & Learning

Opinion: Our broken escalator

July 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country, says New York…

District Management

Supporters of education bill seek to replace money lost in budget-cutting process

July 15, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The state budget that Gov. Pat Quinn signed on June 30 is missing a key component sought by education advocates: money, reports the New York Times.

eClassroom News

‘Funding cliff’ looms as stimulus money runs out

April 6, 2011April 6, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

As lawmakers around the country debate their states’ budgets, they’re staring over the edge of a massive fiscal cliff—the point where about $100 billion in federal stimulus money…

District Management

Rep. Rand Paul unveils $500 billion in federal budget cuts

January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The freshman Republican congressman, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would nearly eliminate the Department of Education and do away with the Energy Department, reports the Los Angeles Times.

District Management

Opinion: A nation being left behind

December 21, 2010December 17, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor

President Obama is absolutely right: America can’t afford to dither while other countries pass us by. But his message will be a hard sell to a House of…

District Management

GOP victories could affect education funding, ed tech

November 4, 2010November 3, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Riding a wave of voter discontent about the state of the economy, Republicans drew on the support of independents and the energy of Tea Party activists to fashion…

Teaching & Learning

Texas sues feds over $830M in education aid

September 27, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Texas officials filed a lawsuit Sept. 23 against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking to overturn the federal agency's rejection of the state's application for more than $830…

Teaching Trends

Jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs nears approval

August 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Legislation to provide billions to save the jobs of teachers and other public workers is on track to pass the U.S. Senate, helped along by the votes of…

District Management

Last-minute funding for education jobs looks grim

November 18, 2010July 29, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The fate of additional funding that might save thousands of teachers' jobs remains uncertain after a $10 billion education jobs bill failed to pass in Congress, leaving many…

Teaching Trends

Where to find more money this year

November 18, 2010July 18, 2010 by From staff reports

Although the state budget outlook appears grim for 2010-11, there are a few possible sources of federal money that can help. One is the remains of the stimulus…

District Management

Lawmakers trade broadband grants, school reforms for education jobs

July 12, 2010July 6, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Schools would get $10 billion to help them avoid teacher layoffs under a bill passed by the House. But the funding would come at a price for other…

Teaching Trends

A strong budget narrative can help sell your proposal

July 27, 2010July 1, 2010 by By Deborah Ward

If you've written a significant number of grant proposals, you might have noticed there are two narratives that funders often request as a part of an application. The…

District Management

Parent video protesting state budget cuts goes viral

June 3, 2010June 2, 2010 by By Nora Carr, APR, Fellow PRSA

A video produced by parents at a California elementary school to protest state budget cuts has become an online sensation, offering several lessons in internet advocacy for school…

Teaching & Learning

35 states, D.C. apply for Round 2 of Race to the Top funding

June 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia submitted applications June 1 for the second round of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top competition to boost…

District Management

Several states walk away from ‘Race to the Top’ millions

June 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the federal "Race to the Top" program, but at least…

District Management

House GOP stops major science, technology bill

November 5, 2013May 20, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

It was strike two for a major science funding bill on May 19 as House Republicans again united to derail legislation they said was too expensive.

District Management

Feds turn to ‘crowdsourcing’ for educational innovation

October 29, 2010May 10, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Education technology advocates hope that a new national online community will inspire entrepreneurs and educators to team up in developing and funding innovative solutions to some of education's…

Featured Funding News

Foundations offer $506M for education innovation

November 5, 2013April 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A coalition of wealthy foundations is offering up to half a billion dollars to match federal grants meant to encourage education reform, taking the pressure off schools scrambling…

Teaching Trends

Death of a grant proposal: Six lessons learned in post-mortem

April 26, 2010April 1, 2010 by By Deborah Ward

As I write this column, I'm mourning the death of a grant proposal that, after many weeks of discussion and hard work, did not get submitted. I'm conducting…

District Management

Delaware, Tennessee win first ‘Race to the Top’ grants

March 30, 2010March 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Broad support from key stakeholders, including elected officials, teachers' unions, and local business leaders, was an important factor in awarding the first round of "Race to the Top"…

District Management

Obama offers blueprint for rewriting NCLB

July 7, 2011March 15, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama on March 13 unveiled a plan to overhaul the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law championed by President George W. Bush.

Teaching Trends

Eight essential skills for school grant seekers

April 26, 2010March 1, 2010 by By Deborah Ward

I recently had dinner with two grants professionals in Florida. One of them was quite upset, because someone she knew had remarked that the role of a grant…

District Management

AASA keynote: Focus on children, or risk nation’s status

November 23, 2010February 14, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor

Referring to the significant challenges facing public education today as a crisis that threatens the nation’s status as a global leader, educational trailblazer Geoffrey Canada urged school leaders…

Teaching & Learning

UCF awards $1M for 7 education projects

February 11, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The University of Central Florida has awarded nearly $1 million to fund seven projects in disciplines from accounting to digital media aimed at enhancing undergraduate education.

District Management

FY11 budget plan folds ed tech into new program

February 2, 2010February 1, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 calls for sweeping changes to programs within the U.S. Department of Education, including a restructuring of federal education technology…

District Management

Obama calls for more school funding

January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year.

District Management

Schools face tough economic road ahead

January 4, 2010December 20, 2009 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

While some economists point to signs that the nation's economy is improving, others say the U.S. faces a much slower climb out of the recession--a scenario that will…

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