July: 4 education grants you don’t want to miss
From STEM learning to financial literacy, learn more about these new July grants.
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June: 4 education grants you don’t want to miss
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…
May: 4 education grants you don’t want to miss
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…
April: 5 education grants you don’t want to miss
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…
March: 5 education grants you don’t want to miss
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating this March, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund…
Department of Ed announces new school competition
In yet another move to try and spur education reform, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week $300 million in potential competitive grants that would allow schools…
What ‘sequestration’ could mean for school grant seeking in 2013
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…
Dispelling five common grant-seeking myths
As I’ve talked with a variety of people recently who are looking for funding for their education projects, I’ve come to realize there are a few grant-seeking “myths”…
Five reasons you should attend grant workshops and training calls
When I started writing education grants nearly 20 years ago, many funders would hold Request for Proposals (RFP) workshops. During these workshops, they would review the RFP for…
Six lessons learned as a grant reviewer
I recently received an eMail message from an individual who attended a workshop I led on grant writing in February. During my workshops, I often encourage attendees to…
Eight tips for creating an accurate budget for your grant proposal
If you are creating your very first budget for a grant proposal, where should you start? Here are eight suggestions that might make the process a little less…
Texas governor offers school grants to spur sharing
Texas schools that cut bureaucratic costs by sharing services—from accounting to transportation—would get grants worth 10 percent of their savings under a plan Gov. Rick Perry proposed Aug.…
Obama: $900 million to turn around the ‘dropout crisis’
President Obama proposed $900 million in school grants today designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates, USA Today reports.