• Committee Membership (June, 2004)
• Adopted Education Resolutions (Boston, June, 2004)

U.S. Conference of Mayors joined four other intergovernmental associations in signing a letter to Congress asking for increases in two education program appropriations now before Congress. These are IDEA and NCLB, Title V, Part A. To read the letter click on this URL:
http://www.nga.org/nga/legislativeUpdate/1,1169,C_LETTER%5eD_7284,00.html

• Council of Great City Schools Meeting to be held in Las Vegas from October 20 through 24, 2004.
• The remaining schedule for Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative summer workshops: Anaheim (July 21-23), St. Louis (July 28-30), and Boston (August 2-4). Registration is closed, but all workshop materials will be made available through the web site below. The Research-to-Practice Summit is slated for July 20, by invitation only. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://www.teacherquality.us/.

Mayors Outline Plans for Greater Involvement in Public Schools at Education Summit Hosted by USCM and The Broad Foundation
Press Release (9/23)

After School Update on Project 2010
Mayors who have signed on to be partners of the project for full funding and expansion of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program.

Mayor Jerry E. Abramson, Louisville, KY Mayor Irma L. Anderson, Richmond, CA Mayor Ross C. Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT Mayor Alan M. Arakawa, County of Maui, HI Mayor Mark Asmundson, Bellingham, WA Mayor Alan Autry, Fresno, CA Mayor Scott Avedisian, Warwick, RI Mayor Robert A. Baines, Manchester, NH Mayor James M. Baker, Wilmington, DE Mayor Kay Barnes, Kansas City, MO Mayor Tom Bates, Berkeley, CA Mayor Gary Becker, Racine, WI Mayor Mark Begich, Anchorage, AK Mayor William V. Bell, Durham, NC Mayor Tony Benavides, Lansing, MI Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York, NY Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, NJ Mayor Mark D. Boughton, Danbury, CT Mayor Spence. H. Broadhurst, Wilmington, NC Mayor Jane L. Campbell, Cleveland, OH Mayor David N. Cicilline, Providence, RI Mayor Robert D. Coble, Columbia, SC Mayor Michael B. Coleman, Columbus, OH Mayor Daniel Coody, Fayetteville, AR Mayor Roberta Cooper, Hayward, CA Mayor James Dailey, Little Rock, AR Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago, IL Mayor Heidi Davison, Athens, GA Mayor Timothy J. Davlin, Springfield, IL Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., New Haven, CT Mayor Manuel Diaz, Miami, FL Mayor James E. Doyle, Pawtucket, RI Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orlando, FL Mayor Dalton S. Edge, Chesapeake, VA Mayor John M. Fabrizi, Bridgeport, CT Mayor Richard E. Filippi, Erie, PA Mayor Elizabeth G. Flores, Laredo, TX Mayor Paul D. Fraim, Norfolk, VA Mayor Lois J. Frankel, West Palm Beach, FL Mayor Shirley Franklin, Atlanta, GA Mayor James A. Garner, Hempstead, NY Mayor Edward D. Garza, San Antonio, TX Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, Las Vegas, NV Mayor Ron Gonzales, San Jose, CA Mayor Robert Good, Albany, CA Mayor Mark Green, Union City, CA Mayor Michael A. Guido, Dearborn, MI Mayor James K. Hahn, Los Angeles, CA Mayor Patrick H. Hays, North Little Rock, AR Mayor George Heartwell, Grand Rapids, MI Mayor John W. Hickenlooper, Denver, CO Mayor Keith P. Hightower, Shreveport, LA Mayor Keith A. Holliday, Greensboro, NC Mayor Fred Homer, Laramie, WY Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, Pleasanton, CA Mayor Heather Hudson, Greenville, MS Mayor Timothy C. Idoni, New Rochelle, NY Mayor Judith Jacobson, Butte, MT Mayor Michael J. Jarjura, Waterbury, CT Mayor Gerald D. Jennings, Albany, NY Mayor Beverly Johnson, Alameda, CA Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr., Rochester, NY Mayor Marshall H. Kamena, Livermore, CA Mayor Richard J. Kaplan, Lauderhill, FL

Mayor Vera Katz, Portland, OR Mayor Elizabeth A. Kautz, Burnsville, MN Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Detroit, MI Mayor Scott L. King, Gary, IN Mayor Edward I. Koch, New York, NY (1978-1989) Mayor Stanley F. Leach, Moline, IL Mayor Janet Lockhart, Dublin, CA Mayor Dannel P. Malloy, Stamford, CT Mayor Judy Markowitz, Bloomington, IL Mayor Anthony M. Masiello, Buffalo, NY Mayor William M. Mattiace, Las Cruces, NM Mayor Patrick McCrory, Charlotte, NC Mayor Rhine McLin, Dayton, OH Mayor Susan D. Menard, Woonsocket, RI Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston, MA Mayor Linda Milam, Idaho Falls, ID Mayor Gary Monahan, Costa Mesa, CA Mayor Mike Moncrief, Forth Worth, TX Mayor Ellen O. Moyer, Annapolis, MD Mayor Arlene J. Mulder, Arlington Heights, IL Mayor Dick Murphy, San Diego, CA Mayor Tom Murphy, Pittsburgh, PA Mayor Timothy P. Murray, Worcester, MA Mayor C. Ray Nagin, New Orleans, LA Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, CA Mayor Gregory J. Nickels, Seattle, WA Mayor Dennis J. Nordfelt, West Valley City, UT Mayor Chuck Oberlie, Michigan City, IN Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf, Virginia Beach, VA Mayor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore, MD Mayor Beverly O'Neill, Long Beach, CA Mayor Eric J. Perrodin, Compton, CA Mayor Bart Peterson, Indianapolis, IN Town Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, Huntington, NY Mayor John Peyton, Jacksonville, FL Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic, Akron, OH Mayor Gary A. Podesto, Stockton, CA Mayor Bill Purcell, Nashville, TN Mayor Stephen R. Reed, Harrisburg, PA Mayor Graham Richard, Fort Wayne, IN Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Charleston, SC Mayor Lionel Rivera, Colorado Springs, CO Mayor Randy Roach, Lake Charles, LA Mayor Joseph C. Scarpelli, Brick, NJ Mayor Douglas P. Scott, Rockford, IL Mayor Coleen L. Seng, Lincoln, NE Mayor Francis G. Slay, St. Louis, MO Mayor David W. Smith, Newark CA Mayor Nathan H. Smith, Portland, ME Mayor Wayne Smith, Irvington, NJ Mayor John F. Street, Philadelphia, PA Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, Cambridge, MA Mayor Charles F. Tooley, Billings, MT Mayor Jose Torres, Paterson, NJ Mayor Judith Valles, San Bernardino, CA Mayor Robert Wasserman, Freemont, CA Mayor Anthony A. Williams, District of Columbia Mayor Charles R. Worley, Asheville, NC Mayor Shelia Young, San Leandro, CA Mayor John T. Yunits, Jr., Brockton, MA

• "NEH 2005 Summer Seminars and Institutes". Every year, the National Endowment for the Humanities offers K-12 teachers the chance to participate in a series of Summer Seminars and Institutes on various topics in the humanities. Participants receive stipends of $2800-$3700 to cover full travel costs, living expenses, books, and other research materials. Seminars are limited to 15 participants and are led by university scholars with a special interest or expertise in the specific subject. Larger institutes of 25 to 35 students cover broader themes and are often team-taught. Past programs have taught topics in literature, music, history, art, and cultural studies, and have been held in locations like Vienna, London, New York, Washington, Ireland, and Italy. All full time teachers in American K-12 schools, as well as librarians and administrators, are eligible to apply.
  Application Deadline: 3/1/2005. (2004 information)
  http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

   

• "Victor Clarke Afterschool Grants". The Victor Clarke Youth Incentive Program offers grants of up to $1,000 to afterschool nonprofits, specifically to create or maintain amateur youth radio programs. Funds can go towards the purchase or maintenance of equipment, instruction materials, and publicity. A preference is given to programs providing some degree of local matching funds. All nonprofit afterschool programs in the United States are eligible to apply.
  Applications accepted year-round.
  http://www.arrl.org/arrlf/vicyip.html

   

• "Toyota TAPESTRY Grants". The 2005 Toyota TAPESTRY program will award 50 grants of up to $10,000 each and a minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of $2,500 each to K-12 science teachers with proposals for innovative science projects that can be implemented in their school or school district over a one-year period. Proposals should demonstrate creativity and vision, and model a novel way of presenting science. All K-12 teachers of science residing in the United States or U.S. territories or possessions are eligible to apply, as are elementary teachers who teach science in a self-contained classroom setting or as teaching specialists.
  Application Deadline: 1/19/2005.
  http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/

   

• "3D Action Grants". 3D Life Adventures offers grants of up to $500 for creative student-led initiatives or curricula aimed at fostering cultural and/or natural diversity. Projects should be student-conceived and administered, but sponsored and overseen by an adult mentor. Recently funded programs have included environmental education curricula, community improvement projects, and local community partnerships.
  Applications should be submitted one month before the scheduled start of the project.
  http://3dzone.org/html/programs/grants.asp

   

• "Toshiba America Foundation Grants". Toshiba America Foundation offers small to moderately sized grants to improve the quality of science and mathematics education in U.S. communities by investing in projects designed by K-12 classroom teachers. Recently funded projects include the implementation of innovative mathematics curricula, materials for the hands-on study of environmental science issues, and equipment for a teacher-designed astronomy curriculum. All K-12 schools and teachers in the United States are eligible to apply.
  Application Deadlines: 10/1/2004 for K-6 programs; 8/1/2004 and 2/1/2005 for 7-12 programs. Applications for grants under $5000 accepted year-round.
  http://www.toshiba.com/taf/index.html

   

• "Corporation for National Community Service Grants". The Corporation for National and Community Service will offer grants of $30,000 to $100,000 to support AmeriCorps Professional Corps programs that address, among other issues, community shortages of qualified professionals in education and related fields like health care, child development, and social work. Professional Corps organizations bring thousands of teachers, health workers, and other vital professionals to communities that face critical shortages and/or growing demand. Eligible applicants include a wide range of nonprofit organizations, and city and local government entities. Other detailed eligibility restrictions apply.
  Application Deadline: 8/17/2004.
  Click here for more information.

   

• "Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grants". The Starbucks Foundation will offer grants of $5,000 to $20,000 to support innovative community literacy programs that build upon reading curricula and encourage personal development through tutoring or mentoring. Priority is given to proposals that specifically target low-income communities and underprivileged or at-risk youth. K-6 schools and community nonprofits in the United States are eligible to apply.
  Application Deadline: 10/1/02004.
  http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp

   

• Education Policy Fellowship Program" -- The Institute for Educational Leadership's flagship program, the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), is a ten-month in-service professional development program designed to prepare mid-level leaders in public and private organizations to exercise greater responsibility in creating and implementing sound public policy in education and related fields. EPFP participants hold full-time positions in diverse organizations at the local, state, and national levels. The program currently operates in sites in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Washington, DC--and a New Jersey site will open in the fall of 2004.
  Application deadline: August 2004.
  http://www.iel.org/programs/epfp.html

   

• "Department of Education Forecast of Funding" -- This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for FY 2004 and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts -- organized according to the Department's principal program offices -- and include programs and competitions previously announced, as well as those they plan to announce at a later date. Note: This document is advisory only and is not an official application notice of the Department of Education. They expect to provide updates to this document through July 2004.
  http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

   

• The application deadline for the Governor's Education First Partnership Award has been extended to July 30, 2004. To get a copy of the application, go to http://www.ncforum.org/programs/ncp/collateral/2004_GEFPAward_Nomform.pdf.

   

• "Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)" -- More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE website.
  http://www.ed.gov/free/

   

• Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grants -- The Dirksen Congressional Center will award a total of $35,000 in grants next year to fund practical classroom strategies to improve the quality of teaching and learning about civics with a particular emphasis on the role of Congress in the federal government. Grants are intended to assist in the development of innovative curricula that will improve the quality of civics instruction by designing lesson plans, creating student activities, and applying instructional technology in the classroom. Teachers and teacher-led student teams in grades 6-12 are eligible to apply, as are independent individuals and organizations with an interest in curricular development.
  Application Deadline: 5/1/2005
  http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantmichelciviced.htm

   

• American History Workshops for Professional Development -- The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering K-12 educators individual grants of $500 to attend its Landmarks of American History Workshops. These are weeklong residence programs of scholarship and discussion focusing on various topics in American history and conducted at significant historical sites. All K-12 classroom teachers in public, private, parochial, and charter schools within the United States and its Territories are eligible to apply, as well as administrators, librarians, substitute teachers, and classroom paraprofessionals at these schools.
  Application Deadline: 3/15/05 (Tentative)
  http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks.html

   

• Dow Awards The Dow Chemical Company has made available $20 million in grant funds to support proposed initiatives concentrating on math and science, teacher training, and parental involvement for K-12 school districts. Grant proposals should focus on giving K-12 students science and engineering experiences, giving teachers the training to provide these experiences, and fostering parental and community involvement. School districts and school boards nationwide, as well as programs that promote systemic education reform in math and science, are eligible to apply. Special attention is given to school districts around communities where Dow is located.
  Application Deadline: Varies
  http://www.dow.com/about/corp/social/gen_fund.htm