Project Grant S359B080059

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $724,148 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) will support a research study to evaluate the impact of implementing the First-Grade Reading Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS FG) program in kindergarten classrooms. The study, conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with the University of Texas Rio...

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...

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's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Reading IS Fundamental Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on children's literacy. The grant funding will support Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi over a one-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The grant is provided under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA #84.215), which supports high-quality...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID S215K240102, was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (CFDA #84.215) program. The $624,907 grant was awarded to Reading IS Fundamental Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting children's literacy, to deliver the "READING IS FUNDAMENTAL IN BALTIMORE CITY" project. The grant supports the development and improvement of literacy skills...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,852,851.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education supports Reading IS Fundamental Inc.'s Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi. The grant, funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (CFDA #84.215) program, aims to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools. The initiative will provide...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading system for students with reading disabilities. This SBIR Phase II project will produce a cloud-based system that students can use at home or school to improve their oral reading through personalized feedback, customizations by teachers, and audio capture capabilities. The...