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Coaching, not correction: The shift youth-serving systems need to build real leaders

You can’t correct a kid into leadership. Adolescents develop youth leadership through environments that support autonomy, belonging and skill-building.

K-5 STEM education grant; young student working on robot

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K-5 STEM education project support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Teaching, Educator/Teacher Support, STEM, K-5 | Amount: Up to $1,000 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2025

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Indiana teacher/educator support and career renewal grants

GRANT FOCUS: Teacher/Educator Support, Mental Health, Creative Thinking, Teacher Burnout, Education | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Sept. 8, 2025

Connect with students: Back view of middle school studnts at desks, all with both hands raised looking at male teacher at front of class sitting at desk with both hands raised

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How classroom rituals help create community

Students feel disconnected from themselves, each other, their environment: Classroom rituals help them reconnect.

Teachers, schools & ICE raids: Female adult stands with pointer at pull down map in front of elementary-age students of mixed ethnicity in classroom wit large windows

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From the Field

Immigration crackdowns mean an expanded role for schools and for educators like me

Educators have long been asked to perform miracles. So what’s new?

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Q&A: This civics teacher wants his students to know — The government is made up of people just like you

Shaking President Clinton’s hand, “It just struck me, like, this is just another dude.”

AI in schools: person on laptop while also using AI chatbot on smartphone

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AI chatbots in schools: Findings from a poll of K-12 teachers, students, parents, and college undergraduates

A new report discusses the rise in use of AI chatbots in schools.

Q&A Teaching after Columbine: Columbine High School sign - cement center with red brick pillars - in 2012, on grass slope with evergreen trees in background.

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Q&A: This Colorado teacher survived Columbine. Here’s how she prioritizes trauma-informed practices.

Heather Martin discusses how her experience at Columbine influenced her education and her teaching.

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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Opinion

7 AI trends that could reshape education in 2024

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

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Innovative Education Project Awards

Subject: Education, Teaching, Learning, Educator Support | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2021 | Amount: $2,000 - $25,000

early childhood educator grants; female teacher smiling while teaching young students

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Early Childhood Educator Award Grants

GRANT FOCUS: Early Education, Educator/Teacher Support, Child Care, Teaching | Amount: $1,000 | Deadline: Jan. 29, 2021

NH PreK-12 environmental education and action grants; kids' hands planting plants in soil

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NH PreK-12 Environmental Education and Action Project Grants

GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, PreK-12, Civic Engagement, Schools | Amount: $500 - $1,500 | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2020

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Innovative K-12 Education Practices Grants

Subject: Education, Teaching, Schools, K-12 | Deadline: Mar. 15, 2018 | Amount: Up to $35,000

K-12 teacher development and classroom innovation grants; teacher helping students with new math instruction methods

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K-12 Teacher Development and Classroom Innovation Grants

Subject: Education, Teaching, Educator/Teacher Support, K-12 Deadline: Apr. 15, 2019 “The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation believes that continuous, insightful and innovative professional...

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