Pearson Math Content
Pearson’s enVisionMATH makes math content accessible for all students.
The Exuberant World of Green Building
Christine Ervin’s career as an environmental leader spans executive positions in both national and state government as well as in the nonprofit sector. As the President and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council, she led its growth from 200 members and three staff in 1999 to become a highly influential coalition of nearly 5,000 companies and organizations, 50 staff, and 70 local chapters and affiliates. Over her five-year tenure, the Council launched the LEED™ green building rating system – the nation’s de facto voluntary green building standard – and the Greenbuild international conference and expo.
Microsoft “My Resume” Talks
Microsoft asked students at the University of Washington Career Fair about some of the biggest mistakes they have made in their job searches. Their answers are both informative and entertaining! Learn from their mistakes and don’t let any of this happen to you!
New York Times: Foresensic Science in Classrooms
Forensic science has grown into a popular choice for many students at New Rochelle High School in New York.
Up to $10,000 for after-school meal programs
Share Our Strength is awarding grants from $1,000 to $10,000 to organizations that directly sponsor or advocate USDA-reimbursed after-school and/or summer meal programs for children. Grants will specifically support efforts to increase participation in the organization’s USDA summer and after-school meal programs. Organizations engage in advocacy when they work with schools, community organizations, local businesses, and with a range of government officials to increase participation in summer and after-school meal programs. Grant awards will range from $1,000-$10,000.
Apply for a fellowship to the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy
NSTA New Science Teacher Academy, co-founded by the Amgen Foundation, is a professional development initiative created to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge. According to a 2003 study by Richard Ingersoll, nearly 50 percent of beginning teachers leave their jobs in the first five years. The NSTA New Science Teacher Academy endeavors to use mentoring and other professional development resources to support science teachers during the often challenging, initial teaching years and to help them stay in the profession.
Grants for nonprofit organizations that focus on healthy lifestyles in children
The Saucony Run For Good Foundation was created to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity. Research shows running can help children do better in school, manage stress, and reduce childhood obesity, as well as providing strong legs and healthy hearts.
Up to $500 for children’s efforts to improve their communities
Youth Service America and Disney are offering Disney Minnie Grants to fund children’s efforts to improve their communities. The grants of $500 are for children ages 5 to 14 or the organizations that engage them, to implement youth-led service projects that address the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.
$2,000 to young female social entrepreneurs
Youth Service America has launched the first annual Gladys Marinelli Coccia Awards to recognize two young female social entrepreneurs, ages 14 to 17, whose initiatives serve the common good. The awards are created in memory of Gladys Coccia, who began her entrepreneurial career when she was a young girl in West Virginia and later became a very successful businesswoman in Washington, D.C.
Girls must live in the United States – with special consideration given to nominees in West Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, have her own social enterprise, be supported by contributions of at least $1,000, and have a business plan, including an itemized budget.
Education secretary: Detroit schools are ‘ground zero’
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said May 13 that Detroit’s troubled public schools are “ground zero” for education in the U.S. and promised federal help if leaders are willing to make necessary changes, reports the Associated Press.