Education Funding Collection

Grants Awarded

Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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Education Funding Grants 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
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