[GRANTS]: Ambitious About Active Learning?

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2013 Call for Applications is Now Open: Submit by Friday, June 28, 2013For the fifth year in a row, $10,000 (US) in grant funding will be awarded to the six proposals chosen by the judging panel. This year we have added several new categories including: Adopter’s Grants – Two grants will be awarded to institutions looking to study the combined impact of Echo360 and LectureTools. LectureTools Grant – This grant will be awarded to an applicant currently using LectureTools. It is not a requirement to use an Echo360 legacy product to be considered for this grant. Newcomer’s Grant – This grant is designed to encourage institutions new to Echo360 to further study its impacts on teaching and learning. Active Learning Merit Grants – Two grants will go to institutions using Echo360 and/or LectureTools with the best proposals selected on merit regardless of the solution being studied. These grants are open-ended and not restricted to a category. All instructors and staff at Echo360 and LectureTools client institutions are eligible. Share this call for submissions with your instructors and researchers. Deadline for submissions: June 28, 2013

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WEBINAR TODAY: Advancing High School Reform in Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Applications

From today’s inbox from the neo-liberals…

The Alliance for Excellent Education
Presents a Webinar on

Advancing Secondary School Reform in
Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Applications

Monday, April 15, 2013
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Panelists
Robert L. Hughes, President, New Visions for New Schools
Lillian Pace, Senior Director of National Policy, KnowledgeWorks
Saskia Traill, PhD, Vice President of Policy and Research, The After-School Corporation (TASC)
Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education

Please join the Alliance for Excellent Education on Monday, April 15, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET), for a webinar providing information and guidance to potential i3 applicants doing promising work in the area of secondary school reform.

The U.S. Department of Education announced on March 27, 2013 the start of the $150 million 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition, releasing the program’s invitation for pre-applications for the “development” grant category and the notice of final priorities for the i3 program overall. The i3 program aims to develop and expand practices that accelerate student achievement, close achievement gaps, and prepare every student to succeed in college and in their careers. The revised invitation incorporates many of the public comments submitted to ED and includes a priority for projects that support the implementation of turnaround efforts at the secondary school level. It also includes greater clarification regarding the use of expanded learning time, competency-based instruction, digital learning, and increasing student access to rigorous and engaging coursework. The deadline for the pre-application is April 26, 2013.

This webinar will provide guidance regarding the variety of ways to approach effective secondary school reform. Specifically, panelists will discuss how applicants can incorporate high school design principles, the use of time, and the use of technology into their programs in the grant priority areas to help make their i3 applications stronger and more competitive. Panelists will also address questions submitted by viewers from across the country.

Register and submit questions for the webinar at http://media.all4ed.org/registration-apr-15-2013 .

Please direct questions concerning the webinar to alliance@all4ed.org.

NOTE: If you are unable to watch the webinar live, an archived version will be available the following day at http://www.all4ed.org/webinars .

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iNACOL: 3/25 Webinar On New Grant OIpportunity – NGLC Wave IV

Another iNACOL item from Thursday’s inbox…

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Dear Michael, iNACOL is a proud partner on the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grant initiative to address the barriers to educational innovation and tap the potential of technology to dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States.   This coming Monday, March 25th, iNACOL will present a special webinar featuring Andy Calkins, Deputy Director of NGLC, and Sarah Luchs, K-12 Program Officer of NGLC. I will join them for a discussion of the current Wave IV grant program RFP, an opportunity and challenge I hope many of our iNACOL members will consider.   This webinar is free, but please register for further details and a participation link .     Alert to Members for NGLC Wave IV Grant Funding – Proposals Open and Program Webinars   The new Wave IV grant program is currently accepting proposals for new blended, personalized, mastery-based “breakthrough” school models. NGLC will award twenty $450K grants (including matching funds) to districts, CMOs, or partnerships to launch these new school models; and thirty $100K grants to planners who are at an earlier stage in developing these kinds of models. Applicants may apply on behalf of a wholly new school, a Restart of a persistently failing school, or the Complete Redesign of an existing, higher-performing school. These eligibility categories and the planning grants (which are both new features of this wave of investments) will, we hope, produce a very diverse pool of applicants and school models.   These grants build on the twenty new school models NGLC funded in 2012 in Wave III.   The Wave IV, Cycle 1 application deadline (launch grants for schools starting Fall 2013, planning grants for schools starting Fall 2014) is April 22, 2013.   If you are unable to join us on Monday, NGLC has planned several other informational webinars about the grant in April. For more information, visit:  http://nextgenlearning.org/breakthrough-grants.   Please let us know how we can provide assistance. Thank you for your efforts to personalize learning. I look forward to your participation in Monday’s presentation.   Sincerely,   Susan Patrick President & CEO NGLC partners include: The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), EDUCAUSE, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), and The League for Innovation in the Community College Find out more about iNACOL and our mission on: Stay connected:

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QM News Bulletin: Early Bird Closes Friday, Research Grants Announced, August Featured Workshops

From yesterday’s inbox…

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Quality Matters News Bulletin   Newsletter Links Early Bird and QM Awards Close Friday August Featured Workshops QM Research Update QM Key Dates Apply to become a QM Research Colleague. Applications are open. THIS Friday, August 3: About Registration for the 4th Annual Conference. Friday, August 3: 2012 QM Awards Nominations Close.   Quick Links Reserve Your Conference Hotel Stay at Loews Ventana Canyon  Subscribe to QM News Connect with QM Facebook Linkedin Twitter QM Website     July 30, 2012 QM Conference Early Bird Registration and QM Awards Close This FRIDAY, August 3! Register This Week and Save. Announcing The Call for Nominations for the 2012 QM Awards The committee invites both institutions and individuals to submit an online nomination by THIS Friday, August 3, 2012. Learn more and submit nominations online. QM Conference Early Bird Registration Closes This Friday,  August 3rd.   Register online and save. Jumpstart the School Year in August with a QM Workshop! School’s Out, August Workshops Are In! Check out the featured workshops starting August 2 and August 9. Register now. Questions? Email Nancy Ragias, QM’s Registrar for Higher Education at registrar@qualitymatters.org   Spotlight on QM’s NEW Teaching Online Workshop  Featured Workshop: Teaching Online – An Introduction to Online Delivery Workshop begins July 31st! Register online. QM features a new workshop and learns about MarylandOnline’s Certificate for Online Adjunct Teaching (COAT) course. Read the full story. QM Research Updates: Action Grants to be Announced, Research Colleague Initiative & QM Research Groups The finalists for the FY2013 QM Research Grants have been notified and the official announcement of the funded projects will be made TODAY, Monday, July 30. Check the website blog for the announcement! Learn about the QM Research Colleague Initiative. Apply to become a QM Research Colleague. Join the QM Research subgroup on linkedin! This is available to all QM linkedin group members. Join our group.

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Next Generation Learning Challenges Grant Awardees Announcement

Also from yesterday’s inbox…

Dear iNACOL members and partners,

Just a quick note to let you know about today’s exciting announcement regarding Next Generation Learning Challenges grants “for comprehensive new secondary school and college models that use technology to reach targets for affordability and student success”.

We are thrilled to be working with the NGLC team on this game-changing project and want to extend our congratulations to all of the grant award winners.

I hope you will take a moment to learn more about the K-12 awardees via the links below.

Susan Patrick
President & CEO

Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union (VT)
Cornerstone Charter Schools (MI)
Da Vinci Schools (CA)
Education Achievement Authority (MI)
MATCH School (MA)
Schools for the Future (MI)
Summit Public Schools (CA)
Venture Academies (MN)