Funding & Recognition

Uncover Funds in Budget-Tight Times

GetEdFunding is a grant-finding resource sponsored by CDW•G that is dedicated to helping educators, schools, and other institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times. Explore the sample funding finds and experience the depth, breadth, and ease of use of GetEdFunding. You do not need to register in order to see the details of these opportunities. Start uncovering funds now at GetEdFunding.com and stay up to date on fast-approaching deadlines, new opportunities, and tips on creating standout grant proposals.

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Funding & Recognition

Grants to Expand Work-based Learning Opportunities for Gen Z

The US Department of Education’s Career Z Challenge will allow more students to get college credit, apprenticeships, and industry credentials. The Career Z Challenge, which launched in April 2023, highlights innovative efforts to provide real-world learning to high school students.

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Funding & Recognition

Grant Opportunity to Increase Socioeconomic Diversity in Schools

The US Department of Education has released a new report on the state of diversity in America’s schools. The Department has also released a Notice Inviting Applications for the first-ever Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Program, which will award $10 million to local and state agencies to voluntarily develop or implement plans to increase diversity in schools.

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Funding & Recognition

Grants for Lending Bookmobiles in Underserved Communities

Lois Lenski, children’s book author and 1946 Newbery medalist for Strawberry Girl, had a lifelong concern that all children have access to good books. Toward that end, the Lois Lenski Covey Foundation grants support bookmobile programs that serve children from disadvantaged populations.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Civics Inquiry Lessons Integrating Storytelling, Digital Media, and Literacy

Civic Life Project partners with educators to teach civics through a unique digital storytelling curriculum. In collaboration, Civic Life Project and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) have launched Compelling Interviews for Civic Engagement, a civics inquiry unit to help students develop informed, diverse perspectives on social issues they care about.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Food Gardening Curriculum with Community Connection and Equity in Mind

Where does our food come from? Who has access to healthful food? How is climate change affecting our food? How is climate change affecting our food? Project S.O.W. (Seeds of Wonder), a free curriculum developed by Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), gives teachers ways to explore these issues with young people aged 13–19.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Activities That Encourage Musical Curiosity

Carnegie Hall Kids is a child-friendly website that invites youth aged 5–12 to learn about music through activities that ignite children’s imagination. Through a fun and engaging interface, young people can learn about the history of Carnegie Hall, as well as explore a variety of musical genres and traditions.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

SPOTLIGHT! On the Historical Legacy of Juneteenth*

On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. 

At the stroke of midnight, prayers were answered, as all enslaved people in Confederate States were declared legally free. Union soldiers, many of whom were Black, marched onto plantations and across cities in the South reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation, spreading the news of freedom in Confederate States. Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the United States.

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commons.wikimedia.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Story Behind the Woman Who Hid Anne Frank and Her Family

A limited series by National Geographic, available for streaming, combines the memoir of Miep Gies with original research to tell the story of this Dutch woman who hid Anne Frank, her family, and others in a secret space in an office building.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Free Practical Guides for Engaging Students in AI Creation

The Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom guides from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and General Motors provide elementary, secondary, elective, and computer science teachers with innovative curricular resources about artificial intelligence (AI) across various grade levels and subject areas.

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learningforjustice.org

Professional Growth

Free Online Course on the Ins and Outs of Student Activism

“Understanding and Supporting Student-led Activism” is a free, self-paced online course focused on understanding students’ social justice motivations and helping young people engage in civic improvement activities.

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Professional Growth

Book on the Impact of the AI Revolution in Education

AI for Educators is a readable, relatable book about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the classroom—today and in the future. Teachers will find hope in this book—hope that AI is not all about cheating, hope that AI can save them time and empower them to do more, hope that all is not lost.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Summer Programs Making Coding Education Accessible for All Students

Girls Who Code, an international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in tech, has announced its 2023 Summer Programs, free virtual opportunities for students in grades 9–12. As part of Girls Who Code’s commitment to providing students with resources about the many pathways into a STEM career, this year’s programs have been updated to include curriculum options on Gaming and Data Science.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Immersive Virtual and Augmented Reality Summer Course

XR Foundations Academy, a program of XR Terra, prepares students in middle school and high school with skills to begin creating meaningful virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences for themselves and their communities.

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Mobile Learning

Build a Wand, Learn to Code: App-based Kit with 70+ Challenges

The Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit is aimed at fans of the Harry Potter universe, and as such, all the games and interactions are “magic” related. Although the kit is app-based and works with laptops and tablets, it also has a real-world feature in the form of a Harry Potter-style wand, which is built out of the box as part of a challenge and then acts as a way of interacting with the games.

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