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11/28/2023
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Apple to Add 50 Distinguished Winners Category to Annual Swift Student Coding Challenge

For its 2024 Swift Student Challenge, opening in February, Apple has announced it will add a special category called 50 Distinguished Winners, who will be named for outstanding submissions.

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Certell Updates Poptential Digital Curriculum and Launches Teacher Engauge Dashboard

Social studies course creator Certell has updated its free digital curriculum and platform with the integration of an "American Principles" course as part of its Poptential library. The company has also added Pop! exercises and the Engauge dashboard to help teachers with their workload.

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IXL Learning Releases New Ultimate Math Workbooks for Middle School

IXL Learning has developed a series of print edition Ultimate Math Workbooks for middle school grades, which address math skills and topics, from multi-digit division to geometry and the Pythagorean Theorem, and more.

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New & Upcoming K–12 Grants

  • Project Cybersafe Schools

    Sponsor: Cloudflare
    Award: Free Zero Trust security program for K–12 schools with up to 2,500 students
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing

  • NSTA Teacher Awards

    Sponsor: National Science Teaching Assocation
    Award: Up to $10,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Dec. 21

  • Lexia LETRS Professional Learning

    Sponsor: Lexia, Cambium Learning Group 
    Award: Free access to Lexia's LETRS, Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling professional learning
    Number of Awards: 120
    Application Deadline: December 31, 2023

Ongoing K–12 Grants

  • Inventionland Grants for K–12 Schools

    Sponsor: Inventionland Education
    Award: Funds for Innovation Labs, professional development, and Innovation curriculum (varies by request)
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing (rolling)

  • Association of American Educators Foundation Classroom Grant

    Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
    Award: $500
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year

  • Association of American Educators Foundation Teacher Scholarship

    Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
    Award: $500
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year

  • CDA Funding for Maryland Early Educators

    Sponsor: The Council for Professional Recognition, Maryland State Department of Education, and Maryland Family Network
    Award: $425 initial online assessment fee; $125 renewal online application fee; $33 for the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program and CDA Competency Standards book
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing

  • Edthena Innovation Fund

    Sponsor: Edthena
    Award: Varies based on district size; matching grant
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing (monthly reviews on the 30th of each month)

  • Connect For Success Grants

    Sponsor: Mobile Beacon
    Award: Up to 25 laptops with one year of free 4G LTE high-speed internet each
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Application Deadline: Accepted year-round; awards granted on rolling basis

  • Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant

    Deadline: Ongoing (30 total awards in 2023, with applications accepted until Nov. 30)

  • Sony Grants for Education

    Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)

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