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                          One of the developments to ESSA’s new list of benchmarks requires schools to deliver financial reports that break out funding at the school-level — a task that was previously reported at the district-level. By December 31, 2019, each individual school must present their fiscal year budgets through an online report card. That end of year deadline will be here before you know it. More
                          
                          OER Commons, an organization focused on creating open educational resources for education, has developed a new tool for authoring OER. More
                          
                          The initial implementation will cover 150 ProColor displays, with the expectation of installing about 500 displays throughout the district over the next year. The installation work is being handled by Howard Technology Solutions, chosen through a bid process.More
                          
                          A college in New Jersey hosted 300-plus girls this week for an inaugural coding challenge. The New Jersey Institute of Technology invited in middle and high schoolers from 25 schools to participate in a first-ever coding-based competition. All are part of after-school "Girls Who Code" clubs.More 
 
 
                      
                        
                          Upcoming K–12 Grants 
                            
                              
                                
                                Sponsor: Educators of AmericaAward: Equipment (varies by request)
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Ongoing (quarterly:January, April, July, October)
                                
                                Sponsor: National Education Association FoundationAward: Up to 25 laptops and 4G LTE hotspots with free 4G LTE high-speed Internet service for 12 months
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Ongoing (quarterly)
                                
                                Sponsor: American Honda FoundationAward: $20,000 to $75,000
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 for new organizations; May 1 for returning organizations
                                
                                Sponsor: National Education Association FoundationAward: $2,000 or $5,000
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
                                
                                Sponsor: VernierAward: $1,000 in cash, $3,000 in Vernier technology, and $1,500 toward expenses to attend the 2020 National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) STEM conference or the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference
 Number of Awards: 1
 Application Deadline: Feb. 15
                                
                                Sponsor: SparkFunAward: 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
                                
                                Sponsor: SparkFunAward: 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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                                Deadline: OngoingAward: 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.
 Number of Awards: Varies
 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."
                                
                                Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
                                
                                Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
                                
                                Sponsor: Toshiba America FoundationAward: 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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                                On DemandPresenters: Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; Idit Adler, CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University; Renee Bayer, CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Microsoft
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; Idit Adler, CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University; Renee Bayer, CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Microsoft
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; Sam Severance, Michigan State University; Monique Coulman, Haas Elementary School (Genesee, MI); David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Microsoft
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Joseph Krajcik, Michigan State University; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft, HP, Intel
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Joseph Krajcik, Michigan State University; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Connection Public Sector Solutions
                                
                                On DemandPresenters: Anand Vaishnav and Jacob Waters, Education First; David Nagel (moderator)
 Sponsor: Acer, Connection Public Sector Solutions
 
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