Foundation Grants
Community Vital Signs
About Us
A teacher in Baldwin County, Ala., is being called a "beacon of excellence and dedication in the pursuit of educational innovation."
Jeremy King is the recipient of the 2024 eMINTS Innovative Educator Award, named in honor of eMINTS founding member Jennifer Kuehnle, who "demonstrates exceptional qualities and serve as resilient changemakers in the field of education," per a release from Baldwin County Public Schools.
King, who is the education technology support services coordinator for BCPS, tells Gulf Coast Media that it's "very humbling because I feel like my team members are the real heroes."
eMINTS is a professional development program for teachers that focuses on lesson design and delivery.
"I think that's the one major misunderstanding about education today," King says.
"It's not just pulling out the teacher's edition and going on to the next lesson in the book.
Really great teachers spend a lot more time planning and crafting than time you see them in the classroom."
King says that at any given time there are about 12 trainers working with teachers and that he's included in that number, but "it's really a team effort."
He says that many teachers of the year and National Board-Certified Teachers are participants in the
Read the Entire Article
Selected Foundation News
A customized collection of news from foundations from around the Web.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has released the 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program Report.The report celebrates the success of this year's program, which saw more than 5,700 young people hired across...more
Hackensack Meridian CDI Researcher Loudig Earns NJ R&D Council's Emerging Tech Award.Loudig's award was announced on the list of winners by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey on July...more
Student entrepreneurs showcase public health innovations at 2024 Pitch Competition.UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will host the event.The event will take place at UNC-Gillings in...more
Health professionals urge the community to act and address the dangers of antimicrobial resistance.Wayne State University researchers remind our community to understand the growing issue of...more
Unlocking Global Health and Wellness with Innovative Hydration Technology: Can AmiLyfe's Breakthrough Be Better Than Water? Developed in collaboration with NASA and the University of Florida, Gatto...more
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have launched a groundbreaking new collaboration.The three institutions will draw on their...more
Florida immigrants are fearful after Trump promises 'largest deportation program in history' Trump says he will use the military to enforce the mass deportation.The remark prompted the American Civil...more
"Taylor Made Freestyle" is no longer available on official platforms because Drake pulled the track.The Copyright Office's recent report on digital replicas also recognizes the importance of h See...more
School of Theatre and Dance joins West Virginia Public Theatre for "A Christmas Carol" Current Students | West Virginia University School of theatre and dance joins WVPT."AChristmas Carol" will be...more
The Mountaineer Marching Band will return to New York City for the 98th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28.The parade received a record-breaking 28.5 million views last year.The...more
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.