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Artificial intelligence shows promise for education, but only when it comes to supporting teachers with repetitive and predictable tasks. MoreA recent "data point" from the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics stated that schools where cellphone use was allowed reported less cyberbullying than schools where the devices were prohibited. MoreMalicious cryptomining or cryptojacking, as it's called, describes the theft of computer processing resources — electricity, cloud services and other digital assets — that are then exploited to do cryptocurrency mining without the owner's permission or knowledge. MoreK-12 underwent 122 known cybersecurity incidents last year, hitting 119 different education agencies in 38 states. The result was the "theft of millions of tax payer dollars, stolen identities, tax fraud and altered school records," according to the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. MoreEducation First and the NoVo Foundation have opened the application process for their 2019 Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund. The program will award $5,000 grants to up to 100 individual teacher-led projects and $25,000 grants to up to 35 district-level projects. MoreThe marriage of two emerging technologies – AI and 5G – are about to remake the Internet. In this week's blogpost we speculate on the changes these technologies and this New Internet will engender.
MoreA Stanford experiment found that low-income high schoolers who rechannel their "negative emotions" during STEM testing can do better on the tests — and the course. MoreSTEM projects are continuing to make the top 10 as a category on teacher funding site DonorsChoose. According to the organization, over the past four years, computer science and coding projects grew two and a half times faster than other project types. MoreA high school team in Missouri recently helped the U.S. Air Force create 3D-printed switch covers for a $2.2 billion aircraft. Students from Knob Noster High School, which serves families deployed and working at nearby Whiteman Air Force Base, designed the plastic cover for a switch box inside the B-2 Spirit bomber. More
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Upcoming K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: Library of Congress
Award: $5,000 to $150,000
Number of Awards: 18
Application Deadline: March 8
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Sponsor: Education First and the NoVo Foundation
Award: $5,000 for teachers, $25,000 for districts
Number of Awards: Up to 100 awards of $5,000; 35 awards of $25,000
Application Deadline: March 22
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Application Deadline: Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 for new organizations; May 1 for returning organizations
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Sponsor: Discovery Education, University of Southern California (USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education)
Award: Teacher awards are $1,000; school awards are $2,500; student awards range from $500 to $5,000
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: May 6
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Award: STEM/STEAM-related prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
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Sponsor: SparkFun
Award: STEM/STEAM-related prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: Ongoing: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
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Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
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Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."
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Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
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Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
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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; Feb. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
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