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States Seeing Improved Public Charter School Laws
An advocate for public charter schools has released its annual ranking of state school laws. Its big finding: Those states with new or overhauled laws regulating public charters are "bypassing" states that were previously ranked higher in multiple areas, including accountability, flexibility and funding equity.
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Education Does 'Worst' Job at Cybersecurity
Education as a business does the worst job of cybersecurity compared to nearly all other major segments. The segment performed particularly poorly in three areas: maintaining patches on systems, securing applications and securing the network as a whole.
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Revamping the School Report Card
Last year a group of parents, educators and representatives from nonprofit organizations and state agencies attended a workshop to develop ideas for creating more effective web-based school report cards — the kind that show how well schools are performing. Recently, the convener of that workshop shared a summary of the recommendations offered during the day.
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GitHub Classroom Adds Multi-Class Support
An online open source program originally designed to help software developers collaborate but then modified to help teachers manage computer science-oriented workflows in their classrooms has added a function intended to simplify its use across the school.
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IES Announces Funding for Ed Tech Companies
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences is looking to fund innovative technology solutions that can aid student learning, teaching, special education and school administrators.
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Microsoft, VictoryVR Release Free STEM VR Curriculum
Microsoft and VictoryVR have made a library of virtual-reality-based science content available free to schools that are using headsets running Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality.
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Upcoming K–12 Grants
- Library of Congress Literacy Awards
  Sponsor: Library of Congress
  Award: $5,000 to $150,000
  Number of Awards: 18
  Application Deadline: March 8
- American Honda Foundation STEM Grants
  Sponsor: American Honda Foundation
  Award: $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
- Stronger Than Hate Challenge
  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
- NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants
  Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
  Award: $2,000 or $5,000
  Number of Awards: Not specified
  Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
- SparkFun Community Partner Program
  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
- SparkFun Community Partner Program
  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
- Adopt a Classroom
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Brinker International Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Brown Rudnick Community Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Corning Foundation Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- DonorsChoose.org
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants
  
  Deadline: Ongoing
  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.
  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."
- Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant
  Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
- Sony Grants for Education
  Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
- TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades 6–12
  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
Call for Papers & Proposals
- Submit calls for papers/proposals to [email protected].
Upcoming Events
- TCEA 2019
  Feb. 4–8
  San Antonio, TX
- SXSWedu
  March 4–7
  Austin
- Qualtrics X4 Summit
  March 5–8
  Salt Lake City, UT
- CUE National Conference
  March 14–16
  Palm Springs, CA
Editorial Webinars
- NGSS Curricula: A Deep Dive into an NGSS-Aligned Curricular Unit
  On Demand
  Presenters: Joseph Krajcik, Michigan State University; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft, HP, Intel
- Speak Up Survey: Trends in STEM and STEAM Education
  On Demand
  Presenters: Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
- Critical Thinking and Next Generation Science Standards
  On Demand
  Presenters: Joseph Krajcik, Michigan State University; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft
- STEAM Research from the Front Lines: The Impact of STEAM on Teachers, Students, Administrators and Parents
  On Demand
  Presenters: Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Connection Public Sector Solutions
- Funding STEM: How Schools Can Get Creative with Federal Dollars
  On Demand
  Presenters: Anand Vaishnav and Jacob Waters, Education First; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Acer, Connection Public Sector Solutions
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