Broad Foundation Awards Success Academy $5 Million Based on New York Common Core Scores
Overall, Success Academy students outperformed students across New York City by 52 percentage points in math and 32 percentage points in English.
More'Almost Everyone' Actively Trying To Avoid Surveillance Online
Based on the findings of a new survey from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, the vast majority of Americans are actively taking steps to avoid online surveillance by the government or other organizations or individuals.
MoreFirst STEMx MOOC Takes Place Sept. 19–21
The International Society for Technology in Education will host the 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference, a MOOC dedicated to STEMx educators.
MoreGoogle RISE Awards Offer Funding To Promote K-12 Computer Science
Applications are open to broad-reaching organizations worldwide that promote K-12 computer science education to encourage students to become creators, rather than just consumers, of technological innovations.
MoreNSF Funds Intensive STEM Teacher Initiative with $1.5 Million Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $1.5 million to Mercy College in New York. The college will use the grant to establish the Mercy College Intensive STEM Teacher Initiative (MISTI).
MorePARCC Issues First Request for Proposals Ahead of 2014 Assessments
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers has issued a request for proposal for "a computer-based test delivery platform, an assessment item repository, a data warehouse, score reporting tools, and a score reports design study," according to a news release from the 20-state consortium.
MoreRace to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Applications Now Available
The final application is now available for the second Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, which puts $280 million up for grabs in the form of state-level competitive grants.
MoreUrban Innovators Offered Grant Funding for Blended School Plans
The deep pockets of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) have opened again — this time to fund innovation within two specific urban school districts to set up "breakthrough" learning models for improving student outcomes.
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