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The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) was awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the KEDC PROJECT ACHIEVE ADVOCATING FOR CIVICS AND HISTORY ENGAGEMENT & INSTRUCTION THROUGH VALUING EDUCATORS program. Under this two-year award funded through the American History and Civics Education federal grant program (CFDA #84.422), KEDC will establish Presidential Academies for the Teaching...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $498,124 Project Grant to the non-profit organization Icivics on October 1, 2024 under the American History and Civics Education (CFDA 84.422) federal grant program. The funding supports Icivics' "IMPLEMENTING EAD: A DEEP AND SYSTEMIC INQUIRY-BASED AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION" project, which aims to develop innovative, interactive learning tools and curricula to inspire democratic...

The federal Project Grant award for the "HISTORY AND CIVIC ACADEMY FOR PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGED DECISION-MAKING (H-CAPED)" was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422). The $368,247 grant was awarded to the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College in Florida on October 1, 2024, with a performance period ending on September 30, 2025. The project aims to develop...

Arizona State University received a $1.19 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education federal grant program (CFDA 84.422). The grant aims to support the establishment of the GEOCIVICS professional development program to integrate geography across the social sciences and improve instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse K-12 student populations in Tempe, Arizona. The...

The federal Project Grant award of $764,196 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education grant program (CFDA 84.422). The award, titled "ENFRANCHISED: FOSTERING CIVIC EMPOWERMENT IN A DIGITAL WORLD," will be used by the San Jose State University Research Foundation to develop innovative instructional strategies, professional development activities, and educational programs that strengthen...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,909,226.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) supports the PROJECT TRAILS training program for social studies teachers and students in grades K-12. The award, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will be used by the non-profit Wilderness Education Project, Corp to deliver professional development...

The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $470,664 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to See Stories, a non-profit organization and community development corporation based in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant funding will support the "Anchored Histories Teacher Professional Development: Digital Storytelling Tools for Alaska Native & English Language Learner Students to Engage History, Civics, & the Power of Place"...

The National Constitution Center received a $190,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a humanities education program focused on the First Amendment. The project will bring two cohorts of 35 educators serving grades 6-12 across various humanities disciplines to Philadelphia, PA from July 14-19 and July 21-26, 2024. Participants will examine the First Amendment through...

The Center for Civic Education was awarded a $6,619,611 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The five-year grant, effective from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support the organization's "Integrated Civic SEL" initiative. This project aims to deliver media literacy and public policy engagement programs that promote civic engagement,...

This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will be used by Loyola Marymount University to run a summer institute for rising high school seniors from historically marginalized and under-served populations in Los Angeles. The institute will introduce students to the concepts of public history and how to grapple with "difficult...