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$12 Million in Grants and Awards Available to Kansas Schools
Grant Wrangler, now available through Empowered Desktop by Kan-ed, provides Kansas teachers with easy access to grants, awards and contests
Overland Park, Kans. — April 25, 2006 Kansas educators now have easy access to more than $12 million in classroom grants through Grant Wrangler, a free online portal to funding opportunities, and Grant Wrangler Bulletin, a monthly e-mail update of current deadlines. Developed by Nimble Press, Grant Wrangler and the Grant Wrangler Bulletin round up essential information about grants and contests for K-12 U.S. schools and make it easily searchable by teachers, principals and even parents.
Grant Wrangler is available to all Kansas teachers through the Empowered Desktop by Kan-ed, a custom web portal full of resources designed to support teaching and learning. The Empowered Desktop by Kan-ed is developed by LearningStation and provided free of charge to all Kansas schools, public and private, through a partnership with Kan-ed, the Kansas statewide network. Grant Wrangler’s convenient access through the Desktop means Kansas schools have easier access to the site and its resources than any others.
“Thousands of Kansas teachers use the Empowered Desktop every day to enhance instructional activities,” said Hal Gardner, executive director of Kan-ed. “Easy access to grants and contest information helps them locate even more resources to support 21st-century learning.”
“We focused on opportunities for the classroom teacher or the school site,” said Karen Greenwood Henke, owner and managing director of Nimble Press, “the small grants that help a teacher create a special learning experience in the classroom or give them a chance for professional growth. We hope that every Kansas teacher who comes to Grant Wrangler through Kan-ed will find at least one grant that fits.”
Grant Wrangler posts grants and awards for K-12 teachers, schools and students in all areas of learning and growth for K-12 education. The site currently lists more than $12 million in grants for classroom projects, school resources, teacher travel awards, professional development and recognition. The searchable database shows grants by subject area, grade or other key word, so teachers can quickly scan the information for due date, eligibility, grantor and link to the grant application site.
About Nimble Press
Founded in 1999, Nimble Press is a strategic marketing and communications firm located in San Francisco, California. Nimble Press provides grant and contest consulting services to help grant-giving organizations make the most of their giving dollars with a turnkey technology solution to support Web-based grant applications and judging. For more information, visit www.grantwrangler.com or call 415-296-9177.
About Kan-ed
Recognizing that every Kansan should have access to the global digital revolution in information technology, Kan-ed provides the tools to influence and expand the roles of education and health care in communities throughout the state. By connecting schools, libraries and hospitals to a private high-speed network, Kan-ed is creating an education/health-care coalition to vastly increase Kansans’ access to information, institutions and each other. Through aggregate purchasing, Kan-ed is able to negotiate rates for databases and services that will shape a marketplace where entities large and small can exchange resources. For more information, contact Hal Gardner, Kan-ed executive director, at 785-296-0843 or hgardner@ksbor.org.
About LearningStation
LearningStation, a leading provider of customized portal solutions, focuses on helping schools authentically engage students in learning through innovative applications and web-based learning tools. LearningStation has been honored as a 2005 and 2006 SIIA Codie Award finalist, a 2003 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio recipient, and a recipient of the EdNET 2002 Pioneer Award for significant contributions to the growth of education technology.