Introduction
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STEM Grants
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Application Guidance
Learning & Leadership Grants Application Guidance Grantee FAQs Below, you’ll find descriptions of every component of the Learning & Leaders…
Foundation Update April 2023
Join the Salute to Excellence and Celebration ofOutstanding Educators on May 5Educational excellence takes center stage on May 5…
These 5 Ideas Can Help You Think About Black History Month in a New Way
You’ve talked about Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. You’ve listened to jazz and hip-hop…
Ortiz-McGhee on minority education amidst a non-diverse teaching force
This guest blog features a Q&A with Carmen Ortiz-McGhee, a member of the NEA Foundation’s Board of Directors, on…
Guest Post: How I Used Imagination and Animation to Teach Students about Recycling
By Jennifer DashefElementary Art Teacher, Granville Central School District, NY(Jennifer was awarded a Student Achievement Grant funded in partnership…
Hands-On Experiential Learning: Growing Job and Life Skills Through Gardens
Sabrina Conner is an intervention specialist at Strongsville Middle School in Strongsville, Ohio. Sabrina is passionate about her role…
Blogging from Brazil: We Arrive in Sao Paulo
By Robert Adams Member, Board of Directors The NEA FoundationThe Pearson Foundation Global Learning Fellows 2013 Study Tour began in…
In memory of a friend and colleague: The Bill Miles Young Scholars Memorial Scholarship
If we are lucky in life, we sometimes encounter extraordinary people. Bill Miles, who was the NEA Foundation’s Director…
Nickelodeon Helps Fund 56 Educators Projects For ‘Big Help’
For the second consecutive year, Nickelodeon is helping fund the NEA Foundation grants program through the network’s The Big…
Grant Application Tip: Have a Good Reason For a Grant
By Jesse GraytockGrants Manager, The NEA FoundationAs Grants Manager, I like to offer tips to educators that are not…
Need a Grant? $2,000 & $5,000 Grants Available
Every year, the NEA Foundation awards more than 150 grants to support public school educators’ innovative ideas. On average,…
ESPs learn tricks of the trade in grant-writing workshop
By Jesse Graytock, Grants ManagerDid you know that education support professionals, or ESPs, make up 40% of all public…
Need a Grant? $2,000 & $5,000 Grants Available
Every year, the NEA Foundation awards more than 150 grants to support public school educators’ innovative ideas. On average,…
Grantees discover new ways to help students learn
From robotics to tablet training for educators...Tablets, such as the iPad or Kindle, are all the rage in classrooms…
Solving the Latino drop-out crisis: Educators and policymakers need diverse toolkit
By Molly M. ScottThe Urban InstituteImage courtesy of CASA de MarylandThe demography of our schools is changing rapidly. In…