PND - RFPs HP Innovations in Education Seeks Proposals From Secondary School Districts

The 2009 HP Innovations in Education grants for secondary school districts in the United States will provide funding to school districts working to launch innovative pilot initiatives that support administrators and teachers responsible for student success in math and science in middle and/or high schools.

HP plans to award approximately twenty-five grants to public or qualified private school districts. Each grant is valued at more than $270,000 in HP technology, cash, and professional development. Projects must promise innovations in leadership capacity (creating a network of school administrators and key teachers who implement innovative approaches to curriculum, instruction, and the use of technology to enhance math/science learning), digital learning environments (this can include innovations in online learning, virtual worlds, gaming for learning, and simulations), the secondary student design and research experience (making math and science real and relevant by involving secondary students in design and research challenges that address real needs in society; this can include local and/or global service learning), and high-tech career awareness (engaging administrators, teachers, and students in ways that increase awareness and interest in high-tech college degree programs and careers).

The program is open to any U.S. public or accredited private school district or school system that serves at least two thousand secondary school (grades six through 12) students. Only one proposal per district will be accepted. Proposed projects should include innovations that enhance learning in pre-engineering, mathematics, science, and/or computer science. Projects must involve one or two school sites and include the district administrator, the IT director who serves the faculty and students across the school district, a local school site administrator for each participating school site, and up to eight classroom teachers (from one or two school sites) who will be using the technology for teaching one or more of the eligible disciplines.

For grant details and program guidelines, download the complete Request for Proposals at the HP Web site.

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