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Bennington Young Writers Contest
Bennington College graduates have included seven Pulitzer Prize winners, three U.S. poet laureates, countless New York Times bestsellers, and more. To celebrate this literary legacy, the college has created the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades are invited to enter in one of the following categories: poetry (three poems), fiction (a short story or one-act play), or nonfiction (a personal or academic essay). All entries must be the student’s original work and need to be sponsored by a high school teacher. First-place winners in each category will win a prize of US$500 and second-place winners will be awarded US$250. The competition runs each year from September 1 to November 1 with winning entries posted by April 15. Submissions for the next competition will be accepted starting September 4, 2018. For more information, please visit http://www.bennington.edu/events/young-writers-awards
National YoungArts Foundation Competition
The National YoungArts Foundation seeks to identify and nurture the most accomplished young artists in our country. The goal of YoungArts competition is to assist emerging artists at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. Students who are aged 15 to 18 or in Grades 10 to 12 from across the United States are invited to submit an audition or portfolio along with an application fee on the competition website. Applications are accepted from the following areas: cinematic arts, classical music, dance, design arts, jazz, photography, theater, voice, visual arts, and writing. Application fee waivers are available. The deadline for this annual competition is in October. For more information, please visit http://www.youngarts.org/apply
Be a Famous Writer
This contest is for K-4 classrooms. The class can write a collaborative story, or the class can vote on which story to submit. The story length must be between 250 and 1,000 words and can be either fiction or nonfiction. The theme for 2018 is heroes. The grand prize is a US$500 Mackin.com gift certificate, a classroom license from Tales2Go, a Buncee Classroom Plus subscription, and a Flipgrid classroom license. Runner-up prizes include gift certificates to Powells.com. Entries must be received by October 15, 2018. For more information, please visit http://contest.mrsp.com/Default.aspx
Invent Technological Solutions
The Lemelson-MIT InvenTeamsTM are comprised of high school students, educators, and mentors that receive up to US$10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems of their own choosing. All teams are expected to present and showcase a working prototype of their invention at Eureka Fest in June of the grant year. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators from the United States may apply. The initial application is available online each October and due at the beginning of April. For more information, visit http://lemelson.mit.edu/inventeams/
Grants and Awards
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developing partnerships between networks of schools and support organizations, where schools use evidence and data to identify a problem, select a strategy to address it, set a target for improvement, gather data and evidence about the strategy’s success, and work to make the approach more effective and improve achievement;
accessing standards-aligned curriculum choices for teachers in English, math, and science that are accompanied by professional learning opportunities;
supporting programs that develop teacher leaders in driving school improvement;
expanding public charter schools that focus on improving outcomes for students with disabilities;
building the evidence base for social and emotional learning and translating research findings into tools and best practices;
supporting efforts to help students make successful transitions from high school to postsecondary education; and
advancing research and development in educational technology and learning sciences to create new instructional models that improve student learning outcomes for Black, Latino, and low-income students.
Eligible applicants are Intermediary entities that network individual schools. Two types of grants are funded: Type 1 grants are multiyear awards and are reserved for Intermediaries that have demonstrated capacity and experience in continuous improvement methods; data collection and analysis; network facilitation; school-level leadership development; improving outcomes for Black, Latino, and low-income students; and knowledge management. Type 2 grants are reserved for Intermediaries that have demonstrated experience in some, but not all of the above areas. Approximately US$1 to US$4,000,000 will be allocated per year for Type 1 grants and US$500,000 will allocated per year for Type 2 grants. Both types of grants are multiyear. Requests for Proposals will be issued annually for the next few years. For more information, visit https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Grant-Opportunities/
providing summer enrichment programs for high-achieving low-income students entering Grades 6 through 12, working to increase enrollment of high ability students in Advanced Placement courses, and supporting exceptional students with learning differences;
recognizing exemplary practices that transform high-potential, economically disadvantaged elementary and middle school students into high achievers;
advancing music instruction and performance education for talented young musicians, ages 8 to 18 from low-income backgrounds at community music schools, preconservatories, and summer music programs; and
supporting organizations working to increase college enrollment among low-income students who have the potential to excel in higher education.
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, schools, or universities. Funding varies by initiative. For more information, visit http://www.jkcf.org/grants/
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