Burroughs Wellcome Fund Awards $25,000 Grant to DonorsChoose North Carolina; Amazon.com Award Winner Will Use Funds to Support Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education in North Carolina Schools.DURHAM, N.C. -- DonorsChoose.org, announced today that it has received a $25,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The money will be used to fund teacher submitted proposals focused on mathematics, science and technology. Priority will be given to projects that support hands-on, inquiry-based learning Inquiry based learning describes a range of philosophical, curricular and pedagogical approaches to teaching. Its core premises include the requirement that learning should be based around student questions. , submitted from Title 1 schools. "We are delighted to partner with DonorsChoose to encourage math, science, and technology education in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. schools," said Dr. Enriqueta Bond, president of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. "This state has wonderful teachers and eager students interested in learning more about these subjects. Together with DonorsChoose, we can help teachers get the resources they need to offer stimulating activities for students." "DonorsChoose was built on the generosity of individuals, corporations and organizations like the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. This partnership will help support a number of worthy projects proposed by North Carolina public school teachers to encourage math, science and technology education throughout the state," explained Missy Sherburne, DonorsChoose North Carolina executive director. BWF BWF Badminton World Federation BWF British Woodworking Federation (London, UK) BWF Broadcast WAV Format BWF British Walking Federation BWF Babilonia Wilner Foundation (Manila, Philippines) makes grants for activities that align with the mission of the foundation and that help improve the environment for the success of its targeted focus areas--science education, career development in the basic biomedical science Noun 1. biomedical science - the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine bioscience, life science - any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms and scientific interface, infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. , and translational research. The BWF science education program targets student science enrichment, public policy and research, and capacity and partnership building. The grant to DonorChoose will improve teachers' abilities to offer science and mathematics programs in the classroom. Since its inception in North Carolina, DonorsChoose North Carolina has raised more than $ $610,393 to fund 1,751 projects. These funds have come from donors in 46 states and have helped 52,176 North Carolina students. Most of these students come from schools with a large number of low income students, as defined by the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced lunch. About DonorsChoose DonorsChoose.org was recently named as the winner of the Amazon.com Nonprofit Innovation Award. Launched in the spring of 2000 by Charles Best, a public high school teacher in the Bronx, DonorsChoose.org is a Web site where teachers describe and individual donors can fund specific student needs. Today, 5,000 public school teachers use DonorsChoose and individuals in 50 states have funded more than 8,200 projects, channeling $4 million worth of books, art supplies, technology, field trips and other resources to classrooms in low-income communities. DonorsChoose currently serves all public schools in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Chicago, Los Angeles, North and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , and the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . For more information, go to www.donorschoose.org |
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