NEA Foundation

The NEA Foundation, Microsoft-US Partners in Learning Seek Solutions Using Technology to Engage Students

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:12:18 -0500

How can interactive technology and game-based learning help students learn? In its latest Challenge to Innovate (C2i) initiative, the NEA Foundation has partnered with Microsoft – US Partners in Learning to encourage public school educators to explore, share, and discuss their responses to this question on the Department of Education’s Open Innovation Portal.

Union-District Leadership Teams focused on Student Achievement by Sharing Policies and Practices Being Used to Improve Teaching

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:59 -0500

Fifteen union-district partnership teams, all supported by the NEA Foundation, met from Oct. 12-14 in Columbus, Ohio, to share and build upon approaches that teachers, their unions, district administrators, and communities have created and are using to improve the quality of teaching and student performance.

The NEA Foundation Awards $1M for Union-District Plans

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:21:52 -0400

The NEA Foundation today announced that it has awarded grants to partnerships of local education associations, school districts, and community leaders for five-year $1.25 million action plans to use progressive, union-led policy and practice to improve student achievement.

The NEA Foundation Names Four New Board Members

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:01:44 -0500

The NEA Foundation today announced four new members named to its board of directors: Donna Meacham Blackman, Vice President, Finance for Marriott International; Crystal Brown, Vice President of Widmeyer Communications; Lola Kelly, a high school educator; and John C. Stocks, Executive Director of the National Education Association.

Five Educators to Receive National Education Award

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:36:25 -0400

Five educators will receive The Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, $10,000, and recognition as one of the nation’s top educators at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala to be held on Feb. 10, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

California Casualty Awards for Teaching Excellence

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:22:43 -0400

The NEA Foundation today announced that California Casualty is the title sponsor for one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for public educators, to be known as the California Casualty Awards for Teaching Excellence. Public school educators who are selected for this honor will be recognized at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012.

35 Educators to Receive National Recognition with The California Casualty National Education Award

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:41:38 -0400

The NEA Foundation today announced the names of the 35 public school educators who will receive the California Casualty Awards for Teaching Excellence, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for public educators. These educators will be honored at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala to be held in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. Known as the Academy Awards of public education, the gala attracts more than 850 of the nation’s leaders from public education, philanthropy, and the private sector.

The NEA Foundation Partners with Nickelodeon’s The Big Help to Award $169K in Grants to Educators

Thu, 19 May 2011 10:45:27 -0400

The NEA Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Nickelodeon’s The Big Help to award 41 grants totaling $169,000 to support public school educators’ efforts to increase academic achievement and strengthen their own practice. The grants of $2,000 or $5,000 will be awarded to educators in 24 states.

The NEA Foundation Funds Union-District Plans to Close Achievement Gaps in Nebraska and Florida

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:12:54 -0400

The NEA Foundation announced today that it will build on the success of its Closing the Achievement Gaps Initiative by awarding a public education partnerships in Lee County, Fla. and Omaha, Neb. $50,000 planning grants. The partnerships, comprised of leaders from the local education association, school district, and community partners will use the funding to support joint work that will improve the quality of instruction to increase achievement rates for low income and minority students, while raising performance for all students.

The NEA Foundation Asks How Mobile Phone Technology Can Transform Teaching and Learning

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:46:43 -0400

Through its newest C2i challenge, the NEA Foundation in partnership with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) wants to know how mobile phone technology can be used to transform teaching and learning. The Foundation will award up to five individuals $1,000 for the best ideas posted on the C2i page on the U.S. Department of Education’s Open Innovation Portal.