Grants Awarded

Astronomy Education Equipment

Science teacher Milton Johnson received a $10,000 grant from “Jenny’s Heroes,” a foundation created by former talk show host Jenny Jones. April 22, 2009

Helping Low-Performing Schools

The National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices awarded $150,000 grants to Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Mississippi to support the development of a strategy to improve struggling schools in those states. April 22, 2009

Improving Science Literacy

The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education awarded three University of Iowa professors with a $4.8 million grant to improve the science literacy of Iowa students. April 15, 2009

Classroom Science Projects

Toyota will give $550,000 in grants to 82 teachers as part of the Toyota TAPESTRY program, which awards teachers for outstanding science proposals to be implemented in classrooms. April 14, 2009

International Baccalaureate Research

The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate school of education with $700,000 in grant money. April 13, 2009

Building Healthy Teen Relationships

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the grant recipients that will each receive up to $1 million as part of the foundation’s initiative to prevent teen dating violence and abuse. March 2, 2009

Classroom Quality Measurement

The William T. Grant Foundation and Spencer Foundation awarded over $2.8 million in grants to improve the measurement of classroom practices that affect important student outcomes like achievement. March 2, 2009

AVID Center

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation awarded AVID Center $2.4 million in grant money to support the AVID program in central Texas and refine the program’s math and science curriculum. March 2, 2009

Emerging Leaders

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation have awarded Education Pioneers with a $6 million grant. March 2, 2009

National Partnership for Educational Access

The Steppingstone Foundation’s National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA) recently received two grants totaling $175,000. January 15, 2009

Minority Students and STEM

The University System of Maryland, Prince George’s County Public Schools (Md.), and Prince George’s Community College have been awarded a five-year, $12.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. January 15, 2009

Pre-K Partnership

The Pew Charitable Trusts has awarded the National School Boards Association's Center for Public Education a two-year, $447,00 grant to engage school boards in supporting high-quality, voluntary pre-K education. January 15, 2009

Foundacion EDUCA

The New York Life Foundation awarded a three-year $300,000 grant to Fundacion EDUCA, a nonprofit that focuses on strengthening community schools and improving K-12 education in Mexico. December 2, 2008

InvenTeams

The Lemelson-MIT Program has awarded 16 teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors with grants for invention projects through the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam initiative. December 2, 2008

School Psychology Program for Struggling Learners

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $755,000 grant to California State University, Long Beach for a project focused on helping preK-12 students with achievement deficits, including those with disabilities. November 10, 2008

'Pathways to the Promise'

The Heinz Endowments has awarded $10 million in grants to Pittsburgh’s’ public schools through its "Pathways to the Promise" collaboration with the district. November 10, 2008

Environmental Education

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and The Weather Channel awarded grants to 26 teachers for participation in environmental education. October 13, 2008

Middle School Mathematics Partnership

The National Science Foundation has granted Texas Tech University and seven regional partners $6 million. October 13, 2008

Native American History and Culture

The Indian Land Tenure Foundation has granted $40,000 to the South Dakota Department of Education. October 13, 2008

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