Below is the latest in media coverage of The NEA Foundation's programs, grants, and awards. The media clips highlight the work that the Foundation does to advance student achievement by investing in public education.

Closing the Achievement Gaps Initiative

• Grants can help raise test scores, Omaha News Herald, Nov. 14, 2011
• Springfield schools launch second year of five-year grant program aimed at improving student achievement The Springfield Republican, Nov. 7, 2011
• $2M to tackle achievement gap, Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 6, 2011
• Lee County School District awarded $1.25 million grant, The News-Press, Oct. 25, 2011
• The NEA Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to an Omaha public education partnership, KIOS-FM, May 12, 2011
• Lee County public education partnership receives $50,000 grant, Naples News, April 4, 2011
• Grant To Help Fund Improvements In Omaha Education System, WOWT, April 4, 2011
• Springfield Teachers Reach Out With Home Visits,  The Springfield Republican, Dec. 14, 2010
• Innovation in Education: It Starts in Classrooms and Communities, Education Week, Oct. 15, 2010
• Confidence growing at Northern, Durham News, July 14, 2010
• Grant targets black male students, Durham News, June 23, 2010
• State school reform model boots attitudes, The Connecticut Post, July 14, 2010
• Durham schools win grant to boost minority achievement, WRAL, Feb. 9, 2010
• With Grants, NEA Fund Paves Its Own Path to Reform, Education Week, Feb. 12, 2010
• Columbus schools get $1.25 million for teacher training, The Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 9, 2010

Grants

• Education support professionals essential for student success, NEA Today, Nov. 13, 2011
• 90th American Education Week, Examiner, Nov. 10, 2011
• Falmouth Educators Receive $5,000 Grant, Massachusetts Teacher Association, Nov. 2, 2011
• NEA Launches 'Blue Horse' Charity Auction to Benefit Arts Education, Mediabistro, Oct. 21, 2011
• From Textbooks to Texting, Newsday, Oct. 17, 2011
• Palatine teachers awarded $5,000 grant for iPad program, Illinois Daily Herald, Oct. 7, 2011
• Kindergarten teacher receives $2,000 grant, Hutchinson Leader, May 27, 2011
• Clackamas Educator Receives $5000 Grant, Oregon Education Association, May 13, 2011
• NEA Program To Award Smart Phone Grants, The Journal, April 19, 2011
• Framingham teacher wins $2,500 award from NEA Foundation, Metrowest Daily News, March 30, 2011
• Edgewood Community Developmental School Receives $5,000 grant for Mentor Program, Eyewitness News, March 24, 2011
• First Bell: Schwegler teacher wins grant from NEA Foundation, Nickelodeon, Lawerence World Herald, March 7, 2011
• Teachers Are No Longer Taking Grants For Granted, Belmont Patch, Dec. 3, 2010
• School's grant focuses on character education, The Gazette, Nov.18, 2010
• Educators To Crowdsource Solutions To Classroom Problems, Huffington Post, Sept. 10, 2010
• New grant program seeks solutions to toughest classroom challenges, eSchool News, Sept. 8, 2010

Awards

• China trip enriches local teacher, Herald-Union, Oct. 13, 2011
• Cheyenne teacher wins $10,000 award, Billings Gazette, Oct. 7, 2011
• Local Teacher Top of the Class, KGWN, Oct. 6, 2011
• NEA Foundation recognizes Liverpool teacher Jeff Peneston for 'Excellence in Education', New York State United Teachers, Oct. 7, 2011
• Kaneohe teacher wins national Horace Mann award, Honolulu Star Advertiser, Oct. 5, 2011
• West Orange Educator Receives Grant to Study in Peru, Patch.com, July 5, 2011
• Jeff Junior teacher wins national award, Columbia Daily Tribune, Feb.11, 2011
• Teacher of the Year continues to pile up awards, The Record, Nov. 11, 2010
• Jefferson Junior High math teacher honored for excellence, Missourian, Nov. 11, 2010