January 19, 2012

More than 100 Partners Join Movement to Secure Excellent STEM Teachers

100Kin10 Making Quick Progress Toward Goal of Training and Retaining 100,000 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Teachers in 10 Years An innovative movement to recruit, prepare, and retain...
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July 25, 2011

Supporting and Scaling Change: Lessons from the First Round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program

A new paper published by Bellwether Education Partners, assesses the initial effect of the first round of the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) initiative on specific...
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June 21, 2011

Virtual network promotes sharing of learning content across state lines

eSchool News

Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corp. promise millions to support teachers and the Common Core standards
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June 6, 2011

Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation Pledge to Support Virtual Network for Teachers

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Carnegie Corporation pledged to support a virtual network that will enable teachers in five states to share everything from lesson plans to student...
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March 11, 2011

Envision announces $175,000 planning grant to create an innovative STEM school design organization

Envision Excellence in STEM Education (Envision) today announced the receipt of a $175,000 planning grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to create an innovative STEM school design organization...
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February 17, 2011

The Mind Trust now accepting new Education Entrepreneur

The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education reform non-profit supported in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, has announced it is now accepting applications for its...
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December 7, 2010

New Carnegie Corporation-Supported Series Offers Step-By-Step Guidance For District Transformation

Education Resource Strategies, a Carnegie Corporation grantee, has published four new guides as part of its Practical Tools for District Transformation series.  The guides offer step-by-step...
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December 1, 2010

New 'Road Map' for Ed. Reform Envisions Digital Transformation

The Digital Learning Council has issued Digital Learning Now! A roadmap for a national initiative to develop and transform education by moving digital learning to the forefront of education and...
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November 29, 2010

Leah Hamilton Appointed As Member of Group Developing Policies to Advance Digital Learning

Leah Hamilton, a program officer at Carnegie Corporation of New York, has been appointed as a member of the Digital Learning Council a group of more than 50 leaders from education, government,...
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September 28, 2010

Funders Giving 'i3' Runners-Up Second Look. Promising Applicants May Find Favor as the Push to Fund Innovation Continues

Education Week

Though nearly 1,700 nonprofit organizations and school districts spent hours filling out applications for the $650 million Investing in Innovation grant program, part of the economic-stimulus...
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