Budgets, Fundraising and Grants
Financial Issues

Asking for Money
Center for Applied Research In Educational Technology
    http://caret.iste.org
Education World Grant Resources
    http://www.educationworld.com/grants/
Laura Bush Foundation
    http://www.laurabushfoundation.com/
SRA International:  Grants Web Resources
    http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm
Technology and Learning:  Grants database
    http://techlearning.com/resources/grants.jhtml
Technology and Learning:  Grants Calendar
    http://i.cmpnet.com/techlearning/pdf/palm/DELLGrantsCalendar.pdf
    Download this is pdf format.
Technology and Learning:  Federal Grant Programs: Descriptions
    http://techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/06/funds.html
Teachers Network Grants
    http://teachersnetwork.org/grants/grants_how_to.htm
Today's School Fundraising Today and Tomorrow
    http://www.peterli.com/ts/resources/articles/srchts.shtm
    This link takes you to the article archive.  Search "fundraising" in one search and "grants" in another.
Writing and Winning Grants
    http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/archives/volume21/june.html

Grant Writing  see pages 140-143
About.com Grant writing
    http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/grantwriting/?once=true&
Beginning Grant Writing, An Educator's Guide
    http://www.uml.edu/College/Education/Faculty/lebaron/GRANTBEGIN/
Blank form for grant planning
    http://www.schoolgrants.org/tips/Blank%20Overview.pdf
Get That Grant:  Before and After Pointers.  Gwen Solomon. Technology & Learning
    http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/06/grant.html
Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
    http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
    This is from Michigan State University
School Grants.org
    http://www.schoolgrants.org/
    If you only look at one site, check this out.  Listserv, sample, tips, forms, newsletter and more.  Great one-stop site.
Technology and Learning:  Get that Grant! Before and After Pointers.  Gwen Solomon
    http://techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/06/grant.html

Information on Libraries

*School Library Media Programs and Academic Achievement: A Bibliography and Availability List
    For links to studies on how libraries improved student achievement David Loertscher's site is the best.  He is a professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.
How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards:  The Second Colorado Study.  Keith Lance
    http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/execsumm.pdf
Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement:  A Review of the Research.  Report for the Australian School Library Association.  Michele Lonsdale
    http://www.asla.org.au/research/index.htm
Improving Literacy Through Libraries
    http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html?exp=0
    List of cities and percentages of students below poverty line.
Library Statistics and Measures
    http://web.syr.edu/~jryan/infopro/stats.html
Links to Education 2004 State Summary Reports.  National Assessment of Educational Progress
    http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/states.html
School Libraries and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.  James Baughman
    http://web.simmons.edu/%7Ebaughman/mcas-school-libraries/Baughman%20Paper.pdf
School Libraries Make a Difference to Student Achievement.  From International Association of School Librarianship
    http://www.iasl-slo.org/make-a-difference.html
    Links to research reports and other documents showing school libraries have an impact on student achievement.
School Library Leadership
    http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/import.html
    This is a great place to get information on how school libraries improve student learning.  Articles are listed.  Check out the "quote" area.
Texas School Libraries:  Standards, Resources and Services and Students' Performances.  Ester Smith
    http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/schlibsurvey/survey.pdf
 
 
 

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