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Education Grants and School Funding

Education Grants and School Funding

STEM & STEAM Trends

7 grants for STEM and technology

January 25, 2023March 28, 2018 by Laura Ascione
school grants
School leaders consistently identify high costs and shrinking budgets as a top barrier to implementing new technology tools and programs. And while budget woes won’t improve overnight, schools…
eClassroom News

Back-to-school GoFundMe promotion gives every classroom a $50 bonus

August 23, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
crowdfunding
In addition to the tissues and graphing calculators on most school supplies lists, teachers might consider something new -- a small cash donation. For its relatively-new back-to-school promotion,…
Teaching Trends

14 sites to successfully crowdfund your classroom

May 2, 2016April 29, 2016 by Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
crowdfunding
A closer look at today’s biggest crowdfunding sites for K-12 and beyond Crowdfunding, which harnesses the “crowd” to gain needed ... Read more
Teaching Trends

5 grants to make a big difference at your school

April 1, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
grant-funding
Funding opportunities for any classroom Whether your school is beefing up STEM programs, focused on improving literacy, or just looking ... Read more
STEM & STEAM

Dept. of Ed launches makerspace design challenge with $200,000 in prizes

March 16, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
maker-blueprint
White House competition is giving schools the chance to design and realize the perfect makerspace A new Department of Education-sponsored ... Read more
Teaching Trends

5 school and educator grants for the new year

January 1, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
grants-funding
As we enter the new year, check out these grant funding opportunities for teachers, students, and administrators -- many revolving around strengthening relevant 21st century skills, such as…
STEM & STEAM

Vernier opens 2016 engineering contest

February 24, 2017December 14, 2015 by Laura Ascione
engineering-grant
Vernier Software & Technology is now accepting applications for its 2016 Engineering Contest that recognizes engineering, science, and STEM teachers for their creative use of Vernier sensors to…
News

New grant will provide active learning spaces to schools

December 3, 2015 by Laura Ascione
active-learning
Steelcase Education on Dec. 1 launched the second annual Active Learning Center (ALC) Grant, a program to provide active learning spaces to schools across United States, Canada and…
Teaching Trends

5 useful science and technology grants for schools

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>
grants-technology
Each month, eSchool News compiles a list of new education grant opportunities. This month’s grants focus on science and technology grants for schools. We list grants for tech-savvy…
Teaching Trends

New grant program to award classrooms with assessment tech packages

October 12, 2015 by Stephen Noonoo
Turning Technologies is giving away $36,000 of its own technology to schools that take part in a new funding application, called the Classroom Improvement Technology grant.
Teaching Trends

Back to school supply lists are now topping $70

July 17, 2015 by Stephen Noonoo
supply-lists
TeacherLists, a site that hosts thousands of schools' supply lists, just released some numbers from the 2015 lists it oversees. According to the company, the average student is…
Teaching Trends

New $4k grant supports one-to-one pilots

July 10, 2015 by Laura Ascione
one-to-one-grant
Nonprofit Digital Wish is offering technical support grants to school administrators who need assistance with planning one-to-one computing programs for their elementary or middle schools. Applications are being…
Teaching Trends

4 grants perfect for leaders and libraries

May 1, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>
grants-may
Each month, eSchool News compiles a list of new education grant opportunities. This month’s grants focus on libraries, literacy, and school leadership. We list grants for collaborative team…
Teaching Trends

Canvas gives $110,000 in grants to innovative educators

April 6, 2015 by Stephen Noonoo
canvas-grants
As part of an awards program, Canvas learning management system parent company Instructure has given out more than $100,000 in grants supporting innovative educators in both K-12 and…
Teaching Trends

6 grants for putting more technology in your classroom

April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>
grants-TL
Try these grants to add more computers or fund a tech-heavy classroom project. We list grants for eco-tech, adding more computers, classroom makeovers, attending tech conferences, and more.
Teaching Trends

5 helpful grant opportunities for STEM teachers

March 9, 2015March 6, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>
Each month we feature a grant roundup for teachers. This month focuses in on STEM.
Teaching Trends

$5 million in grants to support blended learning program

February 23, 2015 by Laura Ascione
grants-TL
To recognize outstanding blended learning models, Triumph Learning, producer of K-12 curriculum and interactive digital tools, has introduced a grant program to award up to $5 million to…
Teaching Trends

The 9 essentials of crowdfunding for the classroom

February 10, 2015 by By Deirdre Sugiuchi
crowdfunding-classroom
As funding for public education continues to decline, districts, administrators, and classroom teachers struggle to find ways to fill gaps left by budget cuts. Traditional school fundraising methods,…
Teaching Trends

6 small grants for teachers that could make a big difference

February 11, 2015February 6, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, @stephenoonoo
This month’s grants focus on mostly smaller sums ideal for individual classroom teachers or projects. Check out these funding opportunities for teachers, students, parents, and administrators–there’s likely to…
Teaching & Learning

School chiefs form education-reform group

October 12, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Sacramento City Unified Superintendent Jonathan Raymond has teamed up with six other school district superintendents to form a nonprofit that will push education reform, it was announced Monday,…
Teaching & Learning

Missouri third-grader wins ‘Doodle 4 Google’ contest

May 27, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
For winning Google’s 2010 Doodle 4 Google contest, third-grader Makenzie Melton from El Dorado Springs, Mo., now has a $15,000 college scholarship, a netbook computer, and a $25,000…
District Management

Education groups rally support for EETT

May 17, 2010May 14, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
Alarmed at what they see as a potential setback in federal support for education technology, several dozen state and national ... Read more
District Management

Editorial: Threats to innovation

November 8, 2010May 5, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor
In a recent speech, Education Secretary Arne Duncan argued that schools should have more flexibility in how they get all students to achieve. Unfortunately, his rhetoric doesn’t match…
District Management

In New Jersey, a civics lesson in the Internet Age

April 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Inspired by a Facebook message, thousands of New Jersey students walked out of class on April 27 to protest cuts in school aid, reports the New York Times.
Teaching & Learning

Obama: $900 million to turn around the ‘dropout crisis’

March 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
President Obama proposed $900 million in school grants today designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates, USA Today reports.
Teaching & Learning

Google gives $1M for research to slash data-center energy use

February 4, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Google Inc. has awarded a two-year, $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large internet data centers to a team of computer scientists at the…
Teaching & Learning

$33.3M federal grant to help fund fiber-optic network across Michigan

January 22, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
West Michigan schools, businesses, residents, and health-care facilities will have more broadband internet service options and could see lower bills thanks to a $33.3 million federal grant awarded…
Teaching & Learning

Education grant effort faces late opposition

January 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
The Obama administration’s main school improvement initiative has spurred education policy changes in states across the nation, but it is meeting with some last-minute resistance as the first…
Teaching & Learning

Indiana University to lead library software development project

January 12, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
A $2.38 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Indiana University will be used to develop software to manage print and electronic collections for academic and…
Teaching Trends

$5,000 for teachers who provide science teaching excellence

December 30, 2009November 30, 2009 by ESchool News
The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) is an annual awards program that recognizes extraordinary contributions by educators across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada who…

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