School grants offer some much-needed financial help for schools
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 and opportunities for students.
Each month, eSchool News editors compile a list of the most current education grants expiring soon—from a focus on professional development for arts educators to funding that helps improve school leadership. You don’t want to miss out on these April school funding opportunities for teachers, students, parents, and administrators.
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$1,500 for chemistry educators
ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grants support ideas that enhance classroom learning, foster student development, and reveal the wonders of chemistry. Deadline: April 16, 2014. For more information and details on how to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.
Up to $350K for arts PD
The Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) program supports the implementation of high-quality model professional development programs in elementary and secondary education for music, dance, drama, media arts, or visual arts, including folk arts, for educators and other arts instructional staff of kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students in high-poverty schools. The purpose of this program is to strengthen standards-based arts education programs and to help ensure that all students meet challenging State academic content standards and challenging State student academic achievement standards in the arts. Deadline: May 19th, 2014. For more information and details on how to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.
Free yearbook technology equipment
Digital Wish is running a yearbook photo contest. We’ve teamed up with Olympus, Picaboo Yearbooks, and a talented photographer from USA Today to give away three Olympus digital yearbook cameras, as well as an iPad. We are also giving one of the winners a class set of 30 free yearbooks. Deadline: May 5th, 2014. For more information and details on how to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.
Prizes for projects about cultural traditions
The 2014 Junior Folklorist Challenge asks participants to examine a local or regional tradition through the eyes of a community tradition bearer and create a video, podcast or slide show to share the story. Cultural traditions students might explore range from dance, games and handicrafts to cooking, storytelling, customs, distinctive jobs, and more. Comprehensive supporting materials reinforce real world folklorist skills by defining terms, providing examples, tips, and organizational tools, and walking students through professional interview and story-shaping processes. Participants also have access to Smithsonian professional folklorists. Deadline: May 26th, 2014. For more information and details on how to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.
$2M to help improve school leaders
The Turnaround School Leaders Program supports projects to develop and implement or enhance and implement a leadership pipeline that selects, prepares, places, supports, and retains school leaders (which may include leadership teams) for School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools (as defined in this notice) and/or SIG-eligible schools (as defined in this notice) in a local educational agency (LEA) or consortium of LEAs. Note: Option deadline for notice of intent to apply is April 25, 2014. Deadline: May 23rd, 2014. For more information and details on how to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.
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