News & Issues
A summer-time enrichment experience for high schoolers at Penn State has taken on a heightened level of excitement with the use of the same development toolset behind the global phenom Pokémon Go. MoreThe California Department of Education has launched Collaboration in Common, a professional learning and resource sharing network for California educators. MoreMiddle school girls received a major dose of real-life engineering exposure during four week-long camps that took place this summer at the University of California, Berkeley. MoreWorldwide tablet shipments, including detachables and slates, reached 38.7 million in the second quarter of 2016, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation's Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. That's 12.3 percent less when compared to Q2 2015, as vendors begin to refocus their product lines and consumers hold off on purchases. More
Florida's Broward County Public Schools will expand its use of an online math program for gifted students from about 40 students to several hundred over the course of the next few years. MoreThree STEM education programs at MIT received a $1 million gift to support ongoing efforts that connect underrepresented youth to opportunities in the computer science and engineering fields. MoreA company that provides online training for engineering and design topics has opened up its school grant application process for the 2016-2017 school year. MoreThe largest online public school district in the United States is moving to a new learning management system. MoreDue to popular demand, the company added a teacher-student chat feature to the classroom management tool GoGuardian Teacher. More
Upcoming K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Aug. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
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Sponsor: Project Learning Tree
Award: $1,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Sept. 30
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $1,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Oct. 1
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Sponsor: National Education Association
Award: $2,000 to $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Oct. 15
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Sponsor: National Education Association
Award: $2,000 to $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Oct. 15
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Sponsor: SaveOnEnergy.com
Award: $500
Number of Awards: 6
Application Deadline: Oct. 21
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Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
Number of Awards: Not specified (five awarded last year)
Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
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Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
Number of Awards: Not specified (two awarded last year)
Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
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Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
Call for Papers & Proposals
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Papers Due: Oct. 4, 2016
Event: April 24-25, 2017
Boston, MA
Upcoming Events
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Aug. 9–11, 2016
Madison, WI
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Aug. 28–Sep. 1, 2016
Las Vegas
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Sept. 10–19, 2016
Las Vegas, NV
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Oct. 5–8, 2016
Reno, NV
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Nov. 16–18, 2016
Orlando, FL
- More events at thejournal.com
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