Up to $25,000 in grants are now available through the United Methodist Women’s Living Stewardship: Creating Financial Literacy program. Grants will be awarded to 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations working to educate and empower people through the development of financial literacy skills. Preference will be given to initiatives that prioritize individual self-sufficiency and the involvement of [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Grant Alerts: United Methodist Women and Ribbons of Hope – Invest In Women
May 23, 2013 By
ACET, Inc. Blog: State education package to include all-day kindergarten, early childhood scholarships
May 21, 2013 By
As a part of budgetary negotiations that wrapped up with the State of Minnesota’s 2013 legislative session Monday evening, a $15.7 billion education bill has been approved and is expected to be signed by Governor Mark Dayton. This education bill includes $134 million for school districts to use for free, full-day kindergarten starting in the [...]
Art.Intellect.Practice: Adaptations of Facilitation Processes: The 30 Minute Open Space
May 20, 2013 By
by Alissa Schwartz Sometimes you don’t have the luxury of two or three hours to facilitate a meaningful conversation. Sometimes you don’t even have an hour. Once, I had half an hour to foster a meaningful experience to 80 busy preschool parents who were meeting together for the first time. Mind you, these are parents [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Grant Alerts: Foundation for Technology and Engineering Educators, Public Broadcasting System, National Alliance for Grieving Children
May 14, 2013 By
Partnering with education materials companies Pitsco/Hearlihy & Company, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association’s Foundation for Technology (ITEEA) and Engineering Educators is offering grants of $2,000 to K-12 engineering and technology teachers to encourage quality technology/engineering programming within their schools’ curriculums. Eligible applicants are elementary or secondary teachers who are already successfully working engineering [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Grant Alerts: Wounded Warrior Project and Fuel Up to Play 60
May 8, 2013 By
Service member support organization Wounded Warrior Project is accepting Letters of Interest from 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations providing direct services and programming to the current generation of injured service members. Awards ranging between $5,000 and $250,000 are available for projects enhancing the lives of service members and their families in 4 major areas: Engagement: Connecting service [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Grant Alerts: Best Buy Children’s Foundation, The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, The World We Want Foundation
May 6, 2013 By
Retailer Best Buy has announced community awards of up to $10,000 for local and regional nonprofit organizations through its Children’s Foundation Youth Technology Grants. Intended to support local activities, grants will be given to organizations that provide direct services to teens ages 13 to 18, providing opportunities to explore field such as mobile app development, [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Grant Alerts: National Weather Association and the McKnight Foundation
April 29, 2013 By
Grants of $750 are now available through the National Weather Association for projects intended to improve K-12 education related to meteorology and similar sciences through the Sol Hirsch Education Fund. There will be four grants awarded in all. Funds may be used to purchase classroom, school, or community materials, attending accredited workshops, courses, or conferences, [...]
Development that Works: Incentives in education
April 17, 2013 By
In the second workshop of Surveys and Impact Assessment we had a session with three studies on incentives for teachers and schools. Results vary and depend on incentives design and context.