PROFESSIONAL
Perkins & Funding
The ABCs of the ARRA
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides approximately $100 billion for Education. The priorities outlined in the ARRA include the adoption of rigorous college- and career-readiness standards for students. To help you learn more about how the ARRA may impact your school district's needs, McGraw-Hill Education has created an online resource at www.educationstimulus09.com. The site is designed to help you become familiar with the principles and strategies guiding the distribution and implementation of ARRA funds, and includes links to valuable funding information.
Race to the Top
States that lead the way in reforms can compete for $4.35 billion in federal aid as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Reform must occur in the areas of college preparation, teacher quality, data systems for measuring student success, and turning around struggling schools.
Finalists for Phase One of the funding were announced on March 4, 2010, but President Barack Obama has requested $1.35 billion in the 2011 federal budget to continue the program.
Online Funding Info
Gathering the information and resources you need to apply for funding can be a daunting task. To help simplify the process, Glencoe has created the Grant Resource Center, a free online resource that is available through our Web site's eSolutions program. The Grant Resource Center gives you the tools you need to submit effective requests for grants. Highlights include:
- Information on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT or Ed Tech) program, including information on how to use the funds
- An extensive list of hot links to the different types of grants available
- An explanation of what information most grant funding agencies require, broken down into easy-to-use sections
- Advice on grant writing dos and don'ts, along with hot links for more grant writing resources
- Tips for managing grant funds
You can access the Grant Resource Center at www.glencoe.com/esolutions/educator/grant_resource_center.html.
Use Perkins Funding for Glencoe Materials
Your school may qualify for federal money under the recently reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act. Among other things, the Perkins Act allows grant funds to be spent on supplemental materials for career and technical education programs, such as videos and DVDs, computer simulations, online tutorials, and workbooks. Such materials help you provide rigorous and challenging academic and career instruction for your students. They also help you plan and present varied, motivating activities (such as self-guided and team projects) and accommodate different learning styles.
Glencoe provides a wide range of supplemental materials eligible for purchase with Perkins funds. To see what is available to you, browse Glencoe's "one-stop shopping" catalog of instructional materials. Click the link below to download the catalog, which presents high-quality, innovative products for Family and Consumer Sciences; Business, Careers, and Marketing; and Trade and Technical Education.
Funding Resources
eSolutions Grant Resource Center
This Glencoe site provides information about all phases of the grant application process, including NCLB, funding sources, grant writing, and the implementation of a grant.
Race to the Top Fund
States that lead the way in reforms can compete for $4.35 billion in federal aid as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Reform must occur in the areas of college preparation, teacher quality, data systems for measuring student success, and turning around struggling schools.
The HealthierUS Schools Challenge
The HealthierUS Schools Challenge (HUSSC) encourages schools to create healthier environments for their students. By serving nutritious meals in their cafeterias, increasing opportunities for physical activity, and educating students on the importance of good nutrition, participating schools can earn a chance to win a monetary incentive award that can total as much as $2,000.
Adopt-A-Classroom
Adopt-A-Classroom helps build partnerships between community donors and specific classrooms to provide financial and moral support.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation Grants
The American Association of University Women's Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowship program offers Professional Development Grants of up to $5,000 to women who teach K-12 in public schools.
Ben & Jerry Foundation
Employees of Ben & Jerry's work within the company's philanthropic Foundation to support environmental and social causes.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates family formed a foundation that will allocate grants to improve education and the use of technology in the curriculum.
Cisco Systems Virtual Schoolhouse Grant Program
Cisco Systems provide one-time awards of approximately $10,000 in networking products, services, and training to K-12 schools for curriculum-based Internet connections.
Corning Inc. Foundation
Selected elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and four-year institutions of higher learning are the consistent beneficiaries of Foundation support. Areas of involvement include community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional technology projects for the classroom.
DonorsChoose
Pioneered by a group of Bronx, New York, high school teachers in 2000, DonorsChoose enables teachers to solicit small, directed contributions. Go to the “About” page for information on how teachers can post class projects and request donations.
Dreyer's Foundation
The Dreyer's Foundation supports programs and projects dedicated to building young people's skills and talents within their family, school, and community lives.
Fund for Teachers
Fund for Teachers awards grants directly to pre-K-12 teachers to help support professional development.
www.grants.gov
This central federal government portal provides access to more than $400 billion in federal grants.
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens awards money to K-12 students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment.
Target's Take Charge of Education Program
Target donates undesignated funds to K-12 schools nationwide twice a year through its Take Charge of Education program. Funds have been used for everything from books and supplies to extracurricular activities.
