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The foundation, a non-profit organization, awards grants to teachers who submit requests to supplement teaching materials, the Eagle Beat reports.
"And provide alternative ways to think and understand the material they are learning, we are not just trying to memorize information, we are trying to build thinkers," says math teacher Nicole Crawford, who received a grant to provide whiteboards for her students to use. Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
If something catastrophic happened in Australia, paramedics, doctors, and other emergency responders would likely be right in the thick of it.
That's the premise of The Future of a Mass Casualty...more
If you're looking for a way to get your kids invested in their faith this summer, the Sunday School Store may have just the curriculum for you.
The store has just released Season's of Faith, a...more
John Lithgow is a two-time Academy Award nominee, multiple Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globes winner, and has appeared in everything from The Old Man to Killers of the Flower Moon.
But the 78-year-old...more
"It's time to be innovative," Pennsylvania state Rep.
Eddie Day Pashinski said Friday during a panel discussion on the state's teacher shortage.
"We all have a duty and responsibility to find...more
Oregon's two senators have announced $47.7 million in federal funding will be going to rural schools and other projects in the state, the Oregonian reports.
The money is coming from the Secure...more
"Take our children to work day" isn't a phrase you'd typically associate with a university, but that's exactly what employees of the University of Oregon in Eugene did on April 25.
As part of the...more
South Dakota's Rapid City and Sioux Falls are two of 13 communities to receive a child care grant from the Governor's Office of Economic Development, and they're using it to do something about the...more
"A lot of memories and experiences are linked to food, so I thought food could be utilized as a tool to make people interested in something and care about itand to see some of the good parts and why...more
The Dallas Opera is trying to make opera more accessible to kids by expanding its education program to include opera-related activities.
The Dallas Morning News reports on the expansion of the...more
When students at Glen Cove High School in Long Island walk into the building, they're now likely to see an alert on their way in.
The school's new dean of students, Scott Johnson, has developed a...more
William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”