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New details about the Labor Day weekend ransomware attack on Los Angeles Unified School District have trickled out over the past week, indicating that district officials may be negotiating with the threat actors to preserve district data stolen during the incident — and that they are definitely diving into major IT and cybersecurity upgrades.
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Edmodo will permanently shutter on Sept. 22, and educators who have used the platform will no longer have access to their accounts, their instructional content, nor their student data, the company said — here's how to export all the teacher and student files and data before the platform shuts down and deletes all accounts and associated files and data.
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Finalsite, a website provider for K–12 schools, today announced it has acquired Anthology’s Blackboard K–12 Community Engagement division, which includes Blackboard Web Community Manager, Blackboard Connect, Blackboard Reach, Blackboard Mass Notifications, and the Blackboard Mobile Communications App, according to a news release.
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Win an Xbox Series X at EDUCAUSE
Stop by the Spectrum Enterprise booth #115 at the EDUCAUSE Conference and enter for a chance to win an Xbox Series X courtesy of Campus Technology.Learn more about how Spectrum Enterprise can help power your digitally connected campus.
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Tutoring platform Pearl today announced that its partnership with the 1-year-old Illinois Tutoring Initiative will expand statewide to all districts meeting the eligibility requirements, thanks to leadership from Illinois State University and federal pandemic relief funds.
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Tract, a digital platform where kids teach kids through multimedia they can also create themselves, today unveiled new standards-aligned, project-based lesson guides for teachers in five subjects: Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Art — all products of collaboration by subject-matter experts, educators, students, and influencers.
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Upcoming K–12 Grants
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As you seek out software and services to augment online and blended instruction this year, start here.
Please see the list of grant opportunities here (includes ongoing updates)
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Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education's Full-Service Community Schools Program
Award: $450,000 to $7.5 million
Number of Awards: 40
Application Deadline: Sept. 12
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Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education's Promise Neighborhoods Program
Award: $3 million to $5 million
Number of Awards: 4
Application Deadline: Sept. 27
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Sponsor: National Society of High School Scholars
Award: $5,000 (top prize) and $1,000 (nine finalists)
Number of Awards: 10
Application Deadline: Oct. 1
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Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary & Secondary Education
Award: $250,000 to $800,000
Number of Awards: 10–13
Application Deadline: Oct. 3
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Sponsor: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Award: Up to $6,000
Number of Awards: TBA
Application Deadline: Nov. 1
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Sponsor: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Award: Up to $6,000
Number of Awards: TBA
Application Deadline: Nov. 1
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Sponsor: American Association of University Women
Award: $3,000 to $10,000
Number of Awards: TBA
Application Deadline: Dec. 1
Ongoing K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: Educators of America
Award: Equipment (varies by request)
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Ongoing (twice per year, April and September)
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Sponsor: North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation (NACEPF)
Award: 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 (rolling)
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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 (Note that this program is not currently accepting applications, but check back periodically)
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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
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Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
Award: $500
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year
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Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
Award: $500
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year
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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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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)
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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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."
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Deadline: Ongoing (30 total awards in 2021, with applications accepted until Nov. 1)
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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: Multiple deadlines depending on grade level and size of grant requested.
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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
Call for Papers & Proposals
Upcoming Events
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Sept. 38–30, 2022 (Noon to 3 p.m. EST daily)
Virtual
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October 5–7, 2022
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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October 8, 2022
Orlando, FL
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November 1–3
San Francisco, CA
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November 3
Virtual
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December 5–6
St. Louis, MO
Webcasts
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On Demand
Sponsor: Spectrum Enterprise, SolarWinds
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On Demand
Sponsor: SonicWall
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On Demand
Sponsor: Microsoft
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Sponsor: Microsoft
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On Demand
Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft, HP, Intel
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On Demand
Sponsor: Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
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On Demand
Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft
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On Demand
Sponsor: Connection Public Sector Solutions
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On Demand
Sponsor: Acer, Connection Public Sector Solutions
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