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4 million federal grant to boost early literacy programs A one-year preschool development grant aims to strengthen educator training, expand family literacy hubs and improve school readiness statewide. Credit: Fokasu Art - stock. adobe.
com School classroom in blur background. PHOENIX — Arizona is getting a major boost in the push to improve early literacy. The state has been awarded an $8.
4 million one-year federal grant aimed at its youngest learners — funding officials say could help reverse declining reading scores across the state. Read On Arizona, the state's early literacy initiative, announced Monday that Arizona is one of 23 states selected to receive funding through the federal Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant.
The grant is administered by the Office of Early Childhood Development at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the project runs through Dec. 30, 2026. This story continues below.
Terry Leyba Ruiz, a first-time candidate, aims to reshape Arizona schools and rein in Empowerment Scholarships in bid for state superintendent Study shows fewer parents reading to young children; Arizona nonprofit launches book drive School choice advocates, including Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee, call for reforms in Empowerment Scholarship program following 12News investigations State leaders say the grant will fund professional development for educators, the creation of regional family literacy hubs and broader systems-building strategies to improve the quality of early learning programs.
“Read On Arizona was proud to play a critical role in the collaborative and coordinated efforts of early childhood education partners in putting together a successful grant application,” said Lori Masseur, Director of Early Learning for Read On Arizona.
“Partners identified critical elements, such as professional development for educators, regional family literacy hubs, fiscal mapping, and other systems-building strategies to improve the quality of early learning for Arizona’s youngest learners.
” Arizona's application was submitted by the Arizona Department of Education and developed in partnership with Read On Arizona, the Arizona Department of Economic Security, the Arizona Head Start Association, First Things First and the Governor's Office. The grant comes as Arizona works to reverse a trend of declining reading scores.
Early education is considered a key strategy in the state’s Arizona Literacy Plan 2030, which targets getting all students reading at grade level by third grade. Officials point to states like Mississippi, which made significant gains in early literacy in recent years after prioritizing investment in preschool.
Arizona leaders say high-quality early education helps build the language and early literacy skills children need to learn to read. This story is made possible through grant funding from the Arizona Local News Foundation’s Arizona Community Collaborative Fund. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone.
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Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program (Stepping-up Technology Implementation competition) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education. This program aims to improve results for students with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; supporting educational activities of value in the classroom for students with disabilities; providing captioning and video description; and ens…
The Robotics Grant Program is a grant from the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) that funds school-based robotics programs for elementary, middle, and high school students. Awarded through a competitive application process, the program provides up to $3,500 to eligible local education agencies (LEAs) in Alabama. Applicants must be public school systems submitting on behalf of schools with K–12 students. The grant supports the purchase of robotics equipment and program development aligned with AMSTI guidelines. Applications are submitted online through the AMSTI Robotics Grant portal. The Fiscal Year 2026 application deadline was September 30, 2025. Questions should be directed to robotics@amsti.org. The program is managed by the Alabama State Department of Education under State Superintendent Eric G. Mackey.
The Department of Education's IES SBIR program is one of the most overlooked non-dilutive funding sources for education-technology startups. It funds prototypes at $250K and proven products at $1M with no equity taken. Here is how the FY2026 tracks work, what reviewers reward, and why the June 29 deadline is tighter than it looks.
Read articleNSF's CAREER program — a minimum $400,000 over five years for pre-tenure faculty — has a single annual deadline on July 22, 2026. It rewards the integration of research and education, not research alone, and that is exactly where most proposals fail. Here is the eligibility math, the integration trap, and how to position in a tightening federal funding climate.
Read articleFederal appropriators added $15 billion in new Pell Grant funding to the FY 2026 appropriations package on top of the standard appropriation level — a response to a structural shortfall that CBO scored at $5.4 billion in FY 2026 and $11.5 billion in FY 2027. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects a cumulative gap of $61 billion to $97 billion through 2035 even after the one-time fix. Meanwhile, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded eligibility to short-term Workforce Pell programs, adding $2 to $6 billion in new costs. The Pell program is the foundation of need-based federal student aid, but the structural mismatch between rising costs and appropriations is a permanent feature now. Here is what that means for institutions, foundations, and state higher-ed agencies.
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