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K-12 music program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Music Program/Education, K-12, Youth Development, Educator Support | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Dec. 31, 2024

out-of-school time, outdoor learning grant: teacher and students in backpacks out in nature

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Oregon outdoor learning program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Outdoor Learning, Youth in Nature, Physical Activity, Oregon | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Aug. 9, 2024

youth running grants: shoes and legs of youths lined up at beginning of race

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Youth running program support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Running, Youth Sports, Youth Health, Youth Development, Community | Amount: $500 - $1,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2024

school safety grants: parent holding hand of child going to school

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School safety research and evaluation grants

GRANT FOCUS: School Safety, School Violence, Child/Youth Welfare, Bullying, Research | Amount: Up to $6,000,000 | Deadline: May 7, 2024

school violence prevention grants: young boy sitting against brick wall in hallway with hands on head and backpack on ground

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Crime, violence, discipline, and safety in U.S. public schools

A new NCES report discusses school safety across the country using the latest data.

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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Guest Opinion Essay

Why does public education require public schools?

How can we help schools find opportunities to assess and adjust their roles?

health school meals and food grants: lunch service woman hands plate of food to girl in red jacket

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School food service workforce development grants

GRANT FOCUS: School Food/Lunch, Child/Youth Health, School Food Workforce, Jobs/Careers | Amount: $1,500,000 | Deadline: Aug. 21, 2023

Remote Learning: Classroom with no students and several rows of brown desks with red chairs.

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Public school infrastructure improvement center program grant

GRANT FOCUS: School, Education Infrastructure, School Safety, Research, Public Education | Amount: $2,000,000 | Deadline: Aug. 7, 2023

Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers: older person with gray hair and glasses rests head on hand while talking to someone

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Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers

The lack of volunteers strains the safety net that nonprofits provide to the vulnerable.

The pandemic missing; kids who didn't go back to school: black female student in large clothes walks down street with backpack and drink

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The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school

An analysis found an estimated 240,000 students whose absences could not be accounted for.

Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline: closeup of students hand holding red pen with class in desks in background

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Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline

As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the pandemic, many schools are facing pressure.

Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis: female teacher with long hair and glasses sitting on swingset swing

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Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis

Among 18 of the country's largest school districts, 12 started this school year with fewer counselors or psychologists than they had in...

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Farm to school program support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Nutrition, Healthy Eating, School Lunch/Food, School | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Jan. 6, 2023

disabled youth informal suspension: mother and child with hearing aid sitting at table

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Senators call for stronger rules on off-the-books suspension

Two Democratic senators urged the Education Department on Wednesday to strengthen regulations against quietly excluding kids from class because of behaviors related...

school-based health services grants: woman with glasses showing clipboard to young teen male in classroom

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School-based mental healthcare program development grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Mental Health, School, Behavioral Health, Violence Prevention | Amount: Up to $1,800,000 | Deadline: Oct. 13, 2022

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School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout

School districts have provided increased mental health training for staff, classroom support as well as resources and systems aimed at identifying burned...

COVID grads face college: Black student with glasses and facemask looks down at schoolwork in a classroom

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‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college

Hundreds of thousands of recent graduates are heading to college this fall after spending more than half their high school careers dealing...

Mental health: young black girl sitting on school steps with head lowered and hugging her legs

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Mental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding

Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...

Addressing youth substance use through school services report: woman with glasses talking to female student in overalls in school classroom with clipboard

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Addressing youth substance use through school services and supports

Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.