Grants, Funding & Awards


Discovery Education Offers Free Tools for Teachers, Students

Discovery Education has partnered with a variety of organizations and companies to offer free educational technology tools for the classroom and several sweepstakes programs for teachers.

Innovation Challenge Winner Creates Behavior Management Tool

ClassDojo has received $75,000 for winning the 2011 Education Nation Summit Innovation Challenge. The team also will obtain technical help from Citi and NewSchools Venture Fund to help grow their business.

YouTube's Space Lab To Blast Teens' Ideas into Space

A consortium of private companies and government space agencies is banding together in a worldwide educational venture being sparked by Google to inspire students to study space.

Six Habits of Highly Effective E-Rate Applicants

In an atmosphere and economic era in which requests for E-Rate funding are more than double the amount available each year, applicants must be particularly persistent and vigilant when it comes to requesting money from the FCC.

Conrad Foundation Sponsors Spirit of Innovation Challenge To Promote STEM Learning

The Conrad Foundation has launched the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge to encourage students to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning to solve global issues.

Tech4Teachers Program Will Offer Technology and Training to 300,000 NY Educators

Microsoft, Intel, and the New York State Teacher Centers have unveiled an effort to offer access to low-cost computers and software through the Tech4Teachers Program.

Budget Crisis Inspires Award Winning Curriculum Redesign at Byron Senior High School

When faced with a budget crisis, Byron High School's math teachers created their own curriculum through a mix of free resources and school-produced videos. The program was so successful, the school became one of this year's Intel School's of Distinction Award winners.

3 Schools Win TEAMS Award

Library Media Connection Magazine and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and have selected three winners for the 2011 TEAMS Award--Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement.

Samsung Video Contest To Award Camera, $500

Samsung Techwin America’s Electronic Imaging Division is accepting entries for its Fall Superhero Competition until November 30.

Feds Get Flexible with NCLB

The White House has provided a framework for how states could be relieved of some of the onerous federal restrictions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the 2001 revamp of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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