State Board of Education awards $5.3 in competitive education grants
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 23, 2014) – The State Board of Education today awarded more than $5.3
million in competitive grants to 16 applicants for use during the 2015 school
year.
The purpose
of the competitive grant is to provide funding to programs and services that enhasupport the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s (OSDE) goal of ensuring
that all children graduating from an Oklahoma high school will be college,
career, and citizen ready by the year 2020.
The
statewide competition was open to non-profit, for-profit, or government
entities, as well as local education agencies (LEAs) that support Oklahoma’s
goal by providing services to a significant number of students, teachers,
administrators, and/or other stakeholders. Points were granted for programs
that serve schools designated as the most in need of help to raise student
academic achievement.
Examples of
activities that may comprise awarded programs include, but were not limited to:
- Innovative
dropout prevention programs.
- Enrichment,
mentoring, tutoring, social and emotional skill-building, and other activities
during or in addition to the regular school day.
- Professional
development for teachers and administrators on the use of the arts, behavioral
skills, and/or character education to improve academic success.
- Research
and dissemination of best practices related to Oklahoma education reform
initiatives.
- STEM-related
activities for students and/or educators.
- Literacy-related
activities for students and/or educators.
- Professional
development for teachers and administrators on implementation of Oklahoma
Academic Standards and aligned assessments; use of data to differentiate
instruction; best practices of effective teaching, leadership, and professional
growth tools; use of accountability data and school status designations to
drive instruction; and implementation of digital learning tools to build 21st
Century skills.
The grants process was provided by the Legislature in the approval
of the State Department of Education’s fiscal year 2015 budget request.
More than 40 applicants submitted requests totaling more
than $14 million. State Education Board members awarded funding based on
applications scored against a rubric using a blind evaluation process. Three
individuals scored each application. An average score and total scores were provided
to state board members to assist in their determinations.
Groups that received 2014 competitive grants, the amount
received and the project:
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OK Alliance For Geographic Education * $228,596 * OKAGE Geographic Literacy Initiative
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KISS Institute for Practical Robotics * $75,000 * STEM in Action-Botball Educational Robotics
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Street School * $200,000 * Street School
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Air Force Association Gerrity Chapter * $5,000 * CyberPatriot
-
OK Council on Economic Education * $196,435 * OK Economics and Financial Literacy Education
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Tools 4Reading * $695,487 * Project N2:20
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OETA * $347,245 * Ready to Learn
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Oklahoma Arts Council * $140,000 * Arts in Alternative Education
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Great Expectations * $1,115,675 * Great Expectations
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University of Central Oklahoma * $335,928 * Oklahoma A+ Schools
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OU/Elementary STEM Leadership Academics * $87,000 * Elementary STEM Leadership Academics
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US First * $70,000 * FIRST Robotics
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Catapult Learning * $1,291,000 * Literacy First Framework
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OU/OK Autism Center * $300,000 * OK Autism Center
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University of Central Oklahoma * $189,901 * OK STEM Centers
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East Central University * $100,000 * OK State Science & Engineering Fair
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