Olympiad exams, or Olympiads, are the means for students to compete with other students on a similar educational level. Such exams promote learning skills in subjects such as mathematics, science, computer technology, and English language.
Early Childhood
Early Childhood development and education from birth to age 8.
Lois Lenski, children’s book author and 1946 Newbery medalist for Strawberry Girl, had a lifelong belief that all children should have access to good books. In support of that belief, the Lois Lenski Covey Foundation awards grants to organizations operating a lending bookmobile that travels into neighborhoods populated by underserved youth.
All Kids Bike is a national movement, led by the Strider Education Foundation, with a simple mission: to give every child in America the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike in school.
At the start of 2024, PBS KIDS began rolling out a slate of civics-themed content across a range of both new and existing series, encouraging children to get involved in their communities and learn more about what is happening around them.
From the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Tami’s Tower: Let’s Think About Engineering is a free educational engineering design game that helps children design solutions to a problem using basic engineering design principles. The game is aligned to educational science standards for K–12 and is designed for emergent readers.
Let’s Read promotes reading skills and presents books by local authors and illustrators that are available in many underrepresented languages, …
Quill.org, a nonprofit that provides free literacy activities, is sponsoring the Student Writing Accelerator MicroGrant 2023. The grant is designed …
Underneath the festivities, winter holidays almost always involve gatherings and togetherness. Children can tap into that deeper current of connection with these activities.
A team of school psychologists and researchers at University of Connecticut has developed a free program to get students to express their feelings or reduce anxiety. The science-backed program uses puppets in short videos to explain concepts and includes kits for students to create their own puppets.
The Oceans of Data Institute began as an initiative of the Learning and Teaching Division at Education Development Center (EDC). Over three years, the institute’s Preschool Data Collection and Analysis project created and tested problem-solving activities for young children.