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Funding, Competitions and Award Opportunities for Educators 6/10/2019

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  • FCC Under Fire for Considering Major Change to Federal Funding for School Technology

    CoSN and SHLB Coalition are urging the FCC to not consolidate the cap for the Universal Service Fund into one program because it could hinder broadband connectivity funds available to schools.

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  • Cleveland District Gets STEM Lab Funded by Cavs and Goodyear

    The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have pledged a million dollars of support to the Cleveland district and Akron Public Schools. As part of that, the two organizations committed to the remodel, which converted a storage room into the new lab, where district teachers will be able to add design and fabrication to their lessons.

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  • Microsoft Grant Covers CS Training for Miami-Dade Teachers

    This train-the-trainer program is intended to develop capacity for teachers to deliver CS and technology-enabled lessons in their classrooms while also making CS education more inclusive and boosting the number and diversity of CS-savvy teachers.

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  • NPR Podcast Challenge Winners Tackle Local Stories with Worldwide Impact

    This first-ever event was intended to help students learn how to tell stories — whether about their schools or communities, moments in history they considered important, sides of a debate that might not otherwise represent student viewpoints or something else that "kids understand but grown-ups don't."

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  • Small School District Invests Big in STEM Innovation Labs

    A small South Carolina school district is making a large investment in STEM education. The three-school Florence School District Four opened a STEM "innovation lab" in its elementary school for the 2018-2019 school year and introduced drone pilot certification lessons to high schoolers. Now it plans to open a second STEM lab in its middle school in time for the start of classes next fall.

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  • Learning & Leadership Grants Emphasize PD for STEM Ed

    The NEA Foundation's Learning & Leadership Grants offer $2,000 and $5,000 awards to support professional development for educators, with preference given to project proposals that incorporate STEM education and/or global competence.

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