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Museums and libraries support formal education from early elementary through the highest levels of research and scholarship.

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National Student Poets Program
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and IMLS are partnering with the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers on the National Student Poets Program, the country’s highest honor for youth poets whose original work exhibits exceptional creativity, dedication to craft, and promise.

Search the Awarded Grants database for grants to programs that strengthen education support (issue areas have only been assigned to grants awarded since FY 2009)

Education support content on the IMLS Web site:
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Blog Post: A Teacher’s Reflection on Developing a Model for Technology-Based Museum School Partnerships

March 15, 2013 08:40 AM
A middle school social studies class in upstate New York teamed up with the educational director at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts to help students create “digital artifacts” based on the museum’s collection. Read More

 
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Blog Post: A Cooperstown Close-up: Developing a Model for Technology-Based Museum School Partnerships

March 15, 2013 08:37 AM
By linking up classroom educators and museum educators, the Baseball Hall of Fame has used distance learning to educate kids in geography, economics, math, and civil rights history. Read More

 
Blog Post: Whose Learning Is It Anyway? (WebWise 2013)

March 14, 2013 02:01 PM
As everything from report cards to student artwork goes digital, WebWise Keynote speaker Audrey Watters asks “Whose Learning is it Anyway?” Read More

 
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Blog Post: With Digital Technologies, Can School Libraries Help Transform Learning?

March 13, 2013 03:09 PM
Educators from across the country are using digital technologies to create more opportunities for experiential, hands-on learning. Read More

 
Blog Post: Project ENABLE Launches Training Website to Better Serve Students with Disabilities

February 15, 2013 01:39 PM
Librarians and other educators can freely access high quality, comprehensive, train-the-trainer continuing education program. Read More