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Perkins & Funding
Expand Your Students' Opportunities with Perkins Funding
The recently reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act, passed in 2006, requires states to be more accountable for high school graduation rates. Studies show that students who register for career and technical education courses in the early years of their high school careers are much more likely to stay in school. In fact, students who enroll in one class often will go on to complete a whole sequence of related courses.
Perkins IV funding can be used to supplement and expand the opportunities available to the students in your school. Among other things, the act allows grant funds to be spent on supplemental materials for career and technical education programs, such as videos and DVDs, up-to-date computer lab equipment, computer simulations, online tutorials, software, textbooks, workbooks, and other educational materials.
One such resource is Glencoe's PassKey program, a self-paced learning system designed to help students gain proficiency in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The PassKey program contains hundreds of Web-based lessons to challenge students at every grade and skill level, and is ideal for remediation and course recovery. Learn more about PassKey.
Glencoe provides a wide range of supplemental materials eligible for purchase with Perkins funds. To see what is available to you, browse Glencoe's "one-stop shopping" catalog of instructional materials. Click the link below to download the catalog, which presents high-quality, innovative products for Family and Consumer Sciences; Business, Careers and Marketing; and Trade and Technical Education.
Funding Resources
eSolutions Grant Resource Center
This Glencoe site provides information about all phases of the grant application process, including NCLB, funding sources, grant writing, and the implementation of a grant.
AT&T Foundation
The AT&T Foundation has launched the AT&T Aspire initiative to support high school success and work force readiness. This initiative includes the new AT&T High School Success Special Grants program.
DonorsChoose
Pioneered by a group of Bronx, New York, high school teachers in 2000, DonorsChoose enables teachers to solicit small, directed contributions. Go to the "About" page for information on how teachers can post class projects and request donations.
Race to the Top Fund
States that lead the way in reforms can compete for $4.35 billion in federal aid as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Reform must occur in the areas of college preparation, teacher quality, data systems for measuring student success, and turning around struggling schools.
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)
Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, this $650 million grant program rewards school districts, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations that use innovation to close achievement gaps, raise test scores, and lower dropout rates. The program is serviced through the U.S. Department of Education.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards award money to K-12 students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment.
Target
Target donates undesignated funds to K-12 schools nationwide twice a year through its Take Charge of Education program. Funds have been used for everything from books and supplies to extracurricular activities.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation offers grants to support the creation of thriving environments for children. The foundation has identified three priority regions-Michigan, Mississippi, and New Mexico-but it also makes grants to other areas of the United States, as well as abroad.
