Here at the NEA Foundation we're always excited to share the innovative things our grantees are doing. We recently learned more about a creative way some students in Virginia are learning about the history of their state through a program we funded.

How can philanthropy be more effective at deploying its limited resources to help reform and improve our nation's school systems?

That is one of the central questions addressed in an informative new report issued by by the National Committee for

Elementary music educators at North Brook Elementary in Vale, North Carolina jazzed up a traditional poetry lesson for fourth and fifth grade students with the help of a NEA Foundation grant. 

Using the Garage Band computer program, students

Every year, with support from the NEA Foundation, public school educators in schools nationwide are finding new ways to increase student engagement in learning and are sharing new approaches to instructional practice with their peers. We have just

By Jesse Graytock

Grants Manager, The NEA Foundation

Every month, I get dozens of calls from educators asking how to make their grant application stronger. Now that we have a blog, I hope to offer periodic grant application tips.  Here is my