K12 Grant Alert
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5/15/2023
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ED Invites Districts to Apply to Fostering Diverse Schools Program; Deadline is July 7

The U.S. Department of Education is now accepting applications for the Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants program and will hold a pre-application webinar on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Applicants can sign on at oese.ed.gov/fostering-diverse-schoolprogram-fdsp/

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As ESSER Spending Ramps Up, Experts Offer Tips to Make Sure Students Truly Benefit, Now and Later

The pace of K-12 school districts' spending of ESSER Funds has picked up significantly this school year, and education leaders and researchers have shared tips and guides to help district leaders efficiently evaluate — or re-evaluate — their options when making procurement decisions, to ensure students benefit and stakeholders don't come to see spending decisions as failures.

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Grant & Funding News

Partnership to Bring VR and 5G STEM Education to Underserved Students

Prisms VR (Prisms of Reality) and nationwide carrier T-Mobile have partnered to give more K–12 students in the U.S., especially those in rural areas, access to the 5G network in order to close the gap in interactive math and science learning via VR headsets.

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ED Opens New CTE Challenge for High Schools Focused on Space Exploration

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new CTE program called the Your Place in Space Challenge, inviting high schools to “submit designs for a product or service that will contribute to space missions and exploration,” and an informational webinar for educators is scheduled for May 10.

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Federal Legislation Would Create K-12 Cybersecurity Improvement Program, Incident Registry

A new bill filed in both houses of Congress Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) would direct CISA to create a cybersecurity information exchange for K–12 schools, a voluntary incident registry, and a “Cybersecurity Technology Improvement Program” funded at $10 million per year for the next two years.

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Call for Participation: 2023 Digital Transformation Survey

THE Journal's inaugural Digital Transformation Survey will provide valuable benchmarking data on the state of digital transformation in education and the progress schools are making moving forward.

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Carolina Biological, ASTE Partner to Boost Resources, Support for Science Teachers

K–12 science supplier Carolina Biological has teamed up with the Association for Science Teacher Education to provide professional development and teacher support in an effort to boost retention in the field, the organizations recently announced.

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Professional Resources

The Sky is Not Falling: Turnitin Urges Educators to 'Meet the Moment' of ChatGPT

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THE Journal Insider podcast spoke with two former teachers who are now working on Turnitin's ChatGPT detection and generative AI features for educators, who explained how OpenAI will change how writing is taught – and why that's a good thing. Listen to the podcast or read the full report.

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Testing 1-2-3: See the Nolej AI Interactive Lesson-Builder in Action

THE Journal tested Nolej AI's new software for teachers that automatically turns uploaded documents, audio, video or a website URL into an editable, interactive lesson package with summaries, glossaries, flashcards, and quizzes. Watch on YouTube or read the full report.

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