All posts tagged "learning"

Trust, time and training: Unlocking the potential of learning ECOsystems

A new tool seeks to improve learning ecosystems by connecting educators to community partners.

education system language: Three smiling, multi-ethnic, older elementary students -- 2 girls and 1 boy -- all in blue jeans with backpacks, walk on brick paver walkway towards camera with modern building with large glass windows in the background

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Using different words to find common ground

Thriving. Development. Learning. Education. Which one of these concepts is not like the other?

Handwriting versus keyboard: Illustration of adult hand holding a black pen on a white background with multicolor lightening shapes and dotted black swirls

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Writing notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other

A widely cited neuroscience study claims handwriting notes improves learning. Is the research valid?

The disengagement gap_Why student engagement isn’t what parents expect: group of students smiling and working at classroom table

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The disengagement gap: Why student engagement isn’t what parents expect

With chronic absenteeism still double pre-pandemic levels, student engagement across the country is faltering.

museum support and improvement, humanities education: young students and teacher at history museum

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Museum improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Museums, Education, Learning, Humanities, STEM, OST | Amount: $50,000 - $750,000 | Deadline: Nov. 15, 2024

Opportunity makers education report: graphic of hand holding open book with lightbulb hovering above

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The opportunity makers: How a diverse group of public schools helps students catch up — and how far more can

A report highlights seven effective public schools and discusses what they are doing right.

Asian girl student live learning video conference with teacher and other classmates giving presentation, showing solar model project

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Driving K-12 innovation: 2024 hurdles, accelerators, tech enablers

A report looks at the state of K-12 innovation, discussing challenges, trends and tools.

Including young learners in the push for reading reform: teacher reading with students

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Including young learners in the push for reading reform

A current reading reform effort places emphasis on strengthening foundational skills before kindergarten.

AI & education: Man with brown hair and black glasses in brown long-sleeved top stands with back to camera writing with yellow highlighter on glass blackboard, holding several papers in other hand.

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7 AI trends that could reshape education in 2024

AI will transform learning to be relevant and engaging while preparing students to succeed.

OST learning, learning ecosystem: teacher with red hair teaching young Asian girl student outdoors by pointing at flowers

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How states are using ESSER funds to strengthen high-quality out-of-school time learning

A report discusses the different ways states are using ESSER funding for OST improvement.

Karen Pittman opinion: Black woman with dark-frame glasses an hair pulled back stands leaning against wood porch railing wearing dark jacket and colorful scarf with greenery in the background.

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The value of unbounded resources and relationships

School and community-based educators agree that resources and relationships are critical to youth success.

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks: photo of classroom setup during COVID pandemic

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Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Nearly four in 10 eighth graders...

youth development partnership support grants: diverse youths stand at table of plant seedlings talking

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Youth development cross-sector partnership support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education/Learning, Community, Job/Career Training | Amount: ~$200,000 | Deadline: Nov. 4, 2022

Recovering learning report: young ethnic girl looking at camera with patterned facemask on

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Recovering learning: Are children and youth on track in skills development?

UNICEF and the Education Commission publish a new report taking a comprehensive look at skills attainment among children and youth across the...

STEM education equity grants: Black female teacher helping a young black female student on computer

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STEM education equity advancement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, STEM, Racial Equity, Gender Equity, Education Equity | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 10, 2022

Mississippi afterschool programming: Red brick buildings under clear blue sky with school name signage

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A struggling Mississippi school district leans on afterschool programming

When the pandemic hit Jackson, Mississippi, the ongoing challenge to keep teenagers in high school got even harder. As the economic impacts...

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California literacy learning project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Literacy, Education, Learning, Reading, Writing, Child/Youth Development | Amount: $10,000+ | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2022 (LOI)

Relationships in school first: relationship-centered schools: teacher helping young student in classroom

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When relationships come first in schools, success follows

After more than a year of disrupted school for most of the country, we know that meaningful relationships are a powerful part...

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Youth Afterschool Service and Service Learning Program Grants

GRANT FOCUS: Afterschool, Youth Development, Education, Civic Engagement, Youth Service | Amount: Up to $500 | Deadline: July 30, 2021

inner city education grants, young black female student doing math on white board

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