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Connecticut youth equitable opportunity program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, PreK-12 Education, Underserved Students, Job/Career Training, Connecticut | Amount: $5,000 - $15,000 | Deadline: Oct. 15, 2024

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Minnesota education equity, youth and family support program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Youth Development, Family Support, Disadvantaged Youth, Minnesota | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 12, 2024 (LOI)

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Equitable access to STEM graduate education at minority serving institutions program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Minority Serving Institutions, STEM Education Access, Education Equity, Graduate Education | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: July 1, 2024...

$How one district has diversified math classes without the controversy: young black female student in classroom works at desk on paper while another student is on laptop next to her$ $How one district has diversified math classes without the controversy: young black female student in classroom works at desk on paper while another student is on laptop next to her$

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

This district added tutoring and non-test-based ways for students to qualify for advanced math.

Black youth career development grants: black teens learning career skills on computers

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Underserved youth development and education nonprofit support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education, Underserved Youth/Students, Mentoring | Amount: $25,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Oct. 13, 2023

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Black women in STEM scholarship grants

GRANT FOCUS: STEM Education, Black Women/Girls, Racial Equity, Scholarships | Amount: $6,000 | Deadline: Sep. 30, 2023

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Underserved postsecondary student support and success grants

GRANT FOCUS: Higher Education, Student Success/Improvement, Underserved/Disadvantaged Students | Amount: Up to $1,750,000 | Deadline: Sept. 25, 2023

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Guest Opinion Essay

Don’t sabotage our country’s future. Be the person you needed as a kid

This is my advice to school resource officers and police officers in general.

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Minority and disadvantaged student education improvement support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Academic Improvement, BIPOC/Minority/Disadvantaged Students, Community | Amount: $10,000+ | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2023

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San Diego early literacy program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Early Learning, Literacy, Reading, Underserved Children, San Diego | Amount: $10,000+ | Deadline: July 1, 2023

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New England high school education innovation program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, High School, Education Innovation, Education Policy, New England | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 15, 2023

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US has a teacher shortage. HBCUs are helping to change that

BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures...

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Wisconsin district debates the effects of terminating school police

Madison is one of about 49 public school districts nationwide that, according to Education Week, have trimmed or eliminated school policing programs since...

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STEM education and learning improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, STEM Education, Informal Learning, Research | Amount: $150,000 - $3,500,000 | Deadline: Jan. 11, 2023

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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...

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Guest Opinion Essay

Four non-negotiables for placing school resource officers in schools

School resource officers can be strong partners in the work to reduce school violence in many communities. However, a school resource officer...

Public education equity grants: teacher helping diverse classroom of students

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Public education equity program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Education Equity, Minority Students, Education Reform, Systemic Racism | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Mar. 28, 2022

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Indiana youth programs on college campuses grants

GRANT FOCUS: Higher Education, Disadvantaged Students, Youth Development, Minority Students | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: Oct. 22, 2021

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Dividing lines: Racially unequal school boundaries in US public school systems

The Urban Institute's Center on Education Data and Policy publishes a new research report highlighting the role that outdated school attendance and...