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New Michigan HIV Curriculum: Simplified Access and Free Grant Funding
Michigan Model for Health streamlines HIV curriculum for grades 7-12 with simplified access and integrated licensing starting August 2025. Teachers get digitized lessons, consolidated content, and everything in one place. Plus, Kent ISD offers free grant funding through November 1st to support curriculum adoption and implementation.
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$500,000 Awarded for Competency-Based Education Programs
Written by: Steve Nemeckay and Jeff McNeal, MDE Districts competed for grant funding for the purpose of providing enhanced choice to pupils and parents for the completion of the requirements for kindergarten through high school diploma, including the Michigan Merit Curriculum. The grant provides for a three-year opportunity for districts to explore, develop, and implement…
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Safe Routes to School Mini Grant
Starting January 22nd, the Michigan Fitness Foundation will be accepting Mini Grant RFPs for the 2019-2020 school year. Any Michigan school with students represented in grades K-8 is eligible to apply for programming funds that support active transportation to and from school. Grants of $5,000 are available per school, and up to $25,000 per district.…
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MDE is Offering Free Minecraft Licenses for up to 300,000 Students
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is excited to announce a partnership with Microsoft EDU to provide 150,000 to 300,000 free student licenses for the Minecraft Education Edition (M:EE) for one year. This version of the popular open world game, Minecraft, is specifically designed for education, containing features that make Minecraft more accessible and effective…
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Grant Opportunity
Apply Now! Deadline is October 30, 2016 The TRIG Best Practice Apple Professional Learning Grant has been created to assist schools wishing to pursue professional learning opportunities for educators who are transforming their digital learning environments. The grant is open to schools/districts that are executing planned, learning environments and wish to enhance and create a…
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Looking for Money?
New school standards and a focus on project-based learning means investments are needed for equipment and materials to help bring learning to life. In some classrooms, even the basics of education are in short supply. “Teachers spent an average of $487 out-of-pocket to purchase items for their classrooms during the 2015 – 2016 school year…
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Signs A Grant Might Not Be Worth Your Time
Written by: guest writer Angela Morris, Kent ISD As the Grant Writer at Kent ISD, I have been writing grants for education for the past eight years. Along the way I have run into several types of grants that raise alarm bells. These are grants that, for a variety of reasons, may not be a good…
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$855,643 grant awarded to Kent ISD, three districts, to expand physical education programs.
The Kent Intermediate School District was awarded an $855,643 physical education grant in collaboration with three districts. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will include at least two buildings, to be announced, in Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Grand Rapids Public Schools and Thornapple Kellogg Schools. Click here to read the MLIVE article.