Project Grant R324A230093

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Reading IS Fundamental Inc. a $384,164 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) federal grant program. The grant will support Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in California with Ready, Set, Read program, which...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $2.47 million to Smart Reading under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215) to support the SMART READING statewide program. The program will utilize trained volunteers to provide weekly reading sessions to pre-K through 3rd grade students through August 2023. The funding will support adult mentors supporting early literacy by developing and improving literacy skills for young...

The American Institutes For Research (AIR) was awarded a $4.4 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to implement the READY, SET, SUCCEED (RSS): KINDERGARTEN TRANSITIONS IN FLINT project. The five-year project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through evidence-based interventions designed to support kindergarten...

The Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Connecticut will receive $384,164 from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) federal grant program. Reading IS Fundamental Inc. will implement literacy programs for children and students...

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant funds Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading prototype for students with reading disabilities. The prototype will use cloud infrastructure and a user application to perform co-reading with students, validating reading accuracy and offering remediation for mistakes. It will allow teachers to customize lessons and monitor student progress using engaging book content. Data captured will...

The Reading Is Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi will provide $384,164 in literacy programs and services through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant funding is provided through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects programs (CFDA 84.215). As the awardee, Reading Is Fundamental Inc. will...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Literacy Design Collaborative of Bowling Green, New York an $8.8 million Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) program. The grant will support Literacy Design Collaborative's efforts to scale an evidence-based national model of instructional systems designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. The Education...

The Long Beach Research Foundation California State University was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 22, 2022 to support the PROJECT TRANSFORM initiative. The grant is funded through four federal programs administered under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community...

The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $1,381,350 project grant to The Urban Institute under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination federal grant program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct a lottery-based efficacy study of the District of Columbia Public Prekindergarten Program from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The Urban Institute will leverage random variation in pre-K enrollment generated through a deferred acceptance lottery method akin to a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program funds a $649,851 study to examine family-level factors that contribute to the co-development of "theory of mind" and narrative comprehension skills in early childhood. The research team at The Ohio State University will conduct a longitudinal study testing preschoolers' abilities in these areas at three time points over three years. The project will...