Department of Education
Student-Centered Grant Awards to Expand Personalized Learning through Course Access
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced new funding for two grant programs focused on meeting students' unique learning needs and improving student outcomes. The Expanding Access to Well-Rounded Courses Demonstration Grants Program supports school districts' efforts to develop distance-learning opportunities, expand their course offerings, and ensure students have access to a broad range of advanced, career or technical, and other courses.
$180 Million to States Rethinking K-12 Education to Better Meet Students’ Needs During Coronavirus Disruption
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced more than $180 million in new grant funding will be awarded to 11 states rethinking education to better serve students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant will support states’ efforts to create new, innovative ways for students to continue learning in ways that meet their needs. Awardees include Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.
Nearly $1.4B in Additional CARES Act Funds to HBCUs, Minority Serving Institutions, and Colleges Serving Low-Income Students (Department of Education)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 18:04Ed Sec DeVos Makes Available Over $13 Billion in Emergency Coronavirus Relief to Support Continued Education for K-12 Students (Department of Education)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 16:03Seeking Your Help in Learning More About What Works in Distance Education: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis
The Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences is announcing its first-ever cooperative rapid evidence synthesis. Here is what we have in mind:
Ed Secretary DeVos Rapidly Delivers More Than $6 Billion in Emergency Cash Grants for College Students Impacted by Coronavirus Outbreak
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced more than $6 billion will be distributed immediately to colleges and universities to provide direct emergency cash grants to college students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding is available through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump March 27.
Education Sec DeVos Authorizes New CARES Act Funding Flexibilites to Support Tech Infrastructure and Distance Learning
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a new streamlined process for providing states funding flexibilities to best meet the needs of students and educators during the COVID-19 national emergency.
Nominations Open for Inaugural Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award (Department of Education)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/07/2019 - 14:16
Department of Education asks FCC to Maintain Educational Requirements for EBS Spectrum
The Department of Education urged the Federal Communications Commission to maintain and modernize the current educational priority of the Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum by keeping the current eligibility requirments for EBS licenses, modernizing the educational use requirement, and issuing new EBS licenses using local priority filing windows.