Block Grant 2020YSBX0105

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $100,000 to WestEd to establish an equity-focused, inclusive research-practice partnership between Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and WestEd. The goal is to develop a strategy for implementing dual enrollment mathematics courses in MPS high schools that addresses disparities in math achievement, graduation rates, and college...

The Oshkosh Area School District was awarded a $986,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program. The 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund the training of up to 350 elementary staff in the Trauma-Informed Conscious Discipline approach to classroom management and community building, as well as the training of 200 middle and high school staff in restorative discipline practices. Additionally, the grant will support...

This Project Grant award of $486,038 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund research to investigate the causal effects of school capacity and school closures on student enrollments, attendance, and learning outcomes in U.S. public schools. The research aims to provide school districts with new evidence to inform school closure policies and establish the U.S. as a global leader in school district reforms. The first...

The Oxford Area Community School District #7 received a $707,600 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant funding supports the School Safely National Activities program (CFDA 84.184) and will allow the district to implement the School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) project from July 2022 through June 2023. Under this award, the Oxford Area Community School District #7 will work to improve student safety and...

This federal Project Grant award of $924,021.00, awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305), supports research focused on career development opportunities for high school students in Baltimore City Public Schools. The primary grant recipient, The Ohio State University, will conduct a two-part study. In Year 1, they will undertake a comprehensive landscape analysis to identify the career development...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program project grant, awarded to WestEd, seeks to understand how a large, urban school district can implement a practice-based professional learning program for middle school science teachers. The $1,495,848 award, effective September 15, 2024 through August 31, 2028, will employ performance assessments as a lever for instructional improvement by eliciting, centering, and advancing students' thinking in science...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,128,652 to support a 3-year project, "Building Teacher Capacity for Teaching Across Science Disciplines Using Smart Greenhouses", led by Trustees of Boston College. The project aims to engage teachers and students in transdisciplinary learning experiences by designing and building "smart greenhouses" that integrate engineering, computer science, and...

The Regional Office of Education Professional Services 19 received a $254,055 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 12, 2022 to support the DuPage Work Based Learning and Apprenticeship Collaborative. The grant funding will support products and services through September 30, 2023. The grant is being provided through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $8.8 million Project Grant to the Regional Office of Education Professional Services 19 under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to support the PARTNERS TO LEAD SCALED (PTL2) consortium. PTL2 will provide services from December 2021 through December 2026 to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students in rural and high-need local education agencies. As outlined in...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $154,000 Project Grant under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424) to the District of Columbia Government's DC State Education Office. This 3-year grant, with a performance period from December 18, 2024 to December 17, 2027, will fund the DC Stronger Connections Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program. The program aims to improve academic achievement and student...