Visit NSTA's website for program descriptions, eligibility requirements, and deadlines. The National Council for Social Studies Online provides information about grants and awards. Financial support is available for projects that improve the use of advanced telecommunications or computer networks to provide education to people in rural communities. Walter Perry, Assistant Director, Economic Development and Technical Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, 14th Ave. The National Science Teachers Association and Toyota Motor Sales USA make grants to teachers interested in showing students how science directly impacts them.
Grants serve as a good source of alternative funding.
California Education Association member Susan Midori Jones has found grants to be a wonderful way to pay for hardware, software, and teacher training at Lincoln School in Salinas where she works as a special education resource teacher. Midori suggests teachers ask administrators for support in grantwriting. Apple Computer Corporation funds projects that use computers to help students develop higher-level problem solving, thinking, and communication skills. In some cases they may have additional art or graphics files which should accompany the article. Articles posted here by UGNetwork News staff, or the UGN News Service may be reproduced ONLY after your group has become a registered Network affiliate.