Grants Awarded

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative Energies Curricula August 20, 2008

College Readiness, Character Education August 13, 2008

Career Counseling August 4, 2008

High School Dropouts July 24, 2008

Career Training for Students July 9, 2008

Drug-Testing Programs, 2008 Technology for Teaching June 12, 2008

Institute of Education Sciences June 4, 2008

Leadership Fellows, MetLife Ambassadors in Education Award May 8, 2008

Math and Reading Enrichment May 1, 2008

Connecticut High Schools, Afterschool Programs Research April 23, 2008

Texas Teacher Grants April 16, 2008

Science Teacher Grants, Grants for Chicago Schools April 9, 2008

Youth Mentoring Grant March 27, 2008

Math Teaching for Deaf Students March 19, 2008

National Youth Leadership Council Grant, Bank of America Grants March 12, 2008

Civic Leadership Grants March 5, 2008

MacArthur Foundation Grants, Early-Childhood Nutrition Grant February 27, 2008

Silicon Valley Education Foundation February 13, 2008

NASSP and MetLife Grants, Rose Community Foundation Grants, Science Internship Grant February 5, 2008

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant, Training for Online Teaching January 31, 2008

Lumina Foundation Grants, Public Television Grants January 24, 2008

Shinnyo-en Foundation Grants January 15, 2008

Financial Literacy Grants January 8, 2008

English-Language-Learning Grant December 17, 2007

Substance Abuse Grant December 13, 2007

Technology Grants December 5, 2007

Teaching Fellowship November 19, 2007

Lumina Foundation, Nonfiction Writing November 8, 2007

Females in Science and Engineering October 30, 2007

Early-Childhood Education October 23, 2007

STEM, Facilities October 19, 2007

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