Project Grant P382A210002

This $6,626,530.00 five-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) will support Teach For America Inc.'s (TFA) "The Cultivate System: Creating Inclusive, Equitable, & Rigorous Learning Environments for High-Needs Students" initiative. The project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative educational practices to improve student...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $749,967 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Teach for America (TFA) to examine the motivational factors underlying pre-service and in-service Black teachers' decisions to become K-12 computer science (CS) teachers. The goal is to address research gaps on recruiting Black teachers into the CS teacher workforce, as Black teachers are underrepresented despite the academic...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the "Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities" (CFDA 84.325) program to Alabama A&M University. The award, titled "PROJECT TEACH (TRAINING EDUCATORS FOR ALL CHILDREN WITH HANDICAPS)", is for the project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant aims to enhance...

This NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant, awarded to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), focuses on developing an innovative approach called TEEM (Teaching to Empower) to engage students in learning analytics. The $305,953 project, running from July 2024 to June 2029, will integrate data science and data literacy education at the undergraduate level. Key activities include: Design-based research on active-learning analytics activities in data science courses to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $516,478 project grant to The Ohio State University under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support collaborative research on strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of Black male STEM teachers. The research project will investigate factors influencing the effectiveness and retention of Black male STEM teachers in high-need school districts. Using a mixed methods approach, the research will examine the academic and career...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $418,180 to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to deliver collaborative research and student support services from July 2022 to June 2025. The award aims to improve outcomes for 1,900+ African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four North Carolina institutions through culturally relevant advising, mentoring,...

This Project Grant award of $174,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides funding for Teach For America, Inc. (TFA) to implement a virtual high-dose tutoring program aimed at improving the academic performance and well-being of low-income students in Hawaii. The grant, awarded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and...

Morehouse College, the University of Florida, Auburn University, and the American Institutes for Research will collaborate on a $299,787 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (IAAMCS) through September 2025. IAAMCS serves as a national resource center for the computing community and emphasizes mentoring to increase African-American participation in computing. Key activities to be undertaken through...

The Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants program, funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, awarded $138,053,794.00 to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on July 1, 2023 to improve student academic achievement. Through this Formula Grant, TEA will provide statewide training, technical assistance, and capacity building for the goals and objectives of the Texas Council on Family-School Engagement, focused on implementing parent and...

This $234,004 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities aimed at improving STEM education outcomes for underrepresented groups. Specifically, the grant funds a collaborative project between four North Carolina universities to investigate strategies for increasing the success, confidence, and sense of belonging of 1,900 African American men in entry-level mathematics courses. The project will evaluate the impact of improved placement procedures...