Ready to Teach
Inactive
- Assistance listing
- 84.286
- Agency
-
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Department of Education
- Grant awards
- 8 $54,313,200 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance type
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- Project Grant
- Eligible applicants
-
- Other public institution/organization
- Beneficiaries
-
- Education Professional
- Student/Trainee
- School
- Child (6-15)
- Youth (16-21)
- Education (0-8)
- Education (9-12)
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement operated the Ready to Teach program (CFDA 84.286) to support telecommunications-based initiatives improving teaching and academic outcomes in core curriculum areas, with the most recent grant award disbursed in October 2005, over twenty years ago.
The program funded telecommunications demonstration projects for mathematics instruction and digital educational video programming development and distribution. All eight awards on record were structured as Project Grants, with the portfolio concentrated entirely within the Office of Innovation and Improvement. The program generated $54.3 million in federal dollars obligated across a $170.3 million total funding envelope, indicating significant non-federal cost-share or matching contributions from recipients. Recent awards from 2005 show individual grant magnitudes ranging from approximately $9.5 million to $74.2 million, substantially larger than earlier 2002–2004 awards in the $965 thousand to $1.9 million range. Representative funded activities included the Telecommunications Demonstration Project for Mathematics (Project Grant U286B050001, $74.2 million obligated, completion date September 2009) and a parallel mathematics demonstration project (Project Grant U286A050005, $59.4 million obligated, completion date December 2011). Earlier awards funded similar telecommunications demonstration efforts with shorter project periods.
Activity peaked in 2005 with four awards; prior years recorded one award in 2004 and three in 2002. No grant awards have been issued since October 2005, and no recent grant opportunities are currently posted. The program appears inactive for new funding solicitations.
Objective and description
- Objective
To carry out a national telecommunications-based program to improve teaching, and prepare students to achieve challenging academic standards, in core curriculum areas. The Ready to Teach program also supports digital educational programming grants that enable eligible entities to develop, produce, and distribute educational and instructional video programming.
Grant awards
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Broadcasting Service | $24,066,364 | 44% |
| 2 | Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority | $20,726,412 | 38% |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc. | $3,499,473 | 6% |
| 4 | Thirteen Productions LLC | $2,799,318 | 5% |
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2009 | $34,098,819 |
| FY2007 | $2,778,596 |
| FY2005 | $14,214,152 |
| FY2004 | $921,763 |
| FY2002 | $2,299,870 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 84.286?
Assistance Listing 84.286 is Ready to Teach, a federal grant program run by Office of Innovation and Improvement (Department of Education). It is inactive.
What is the CFDA number for Ready to Teach?
Its CFDA number is 84.286: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 84.286 awarded?
8 grant awards under 84.286 have obligated $54,313,200 in federal funds to 4 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 84.286?
The recipients obligated the most under Ready to Teach are Public Broadcasting Service ($24,066,364), Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority ($20,726,412) and Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc. ($3,499,473).
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