The McCarthey Dressman Learning Network celebrates projects that enrich, engage, and inspire!
The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation partners with individuals to expand educational opportunities for America’s youth that inspire students by nurturing their curiosity about the world and their place in it. Funding includes scholarships that provide far more than just tuition and books; grants that benefit the lives of more than just those who receive them; and results that reach far beyond the classroom in which the projects are introduced.
04/06/2023
What are you developing in your community for 2023-2024? The MDEF Academic Enrichment and Teacher Development Grant deadline is April 15, 2023. ⏰Applications will be accepted until we reach our maximum capacity of 350 submissions. Learn more at https://mccartheydressman.org/
01/13/2023
💡It's that time of year! This is your official reminder that our application for the 2023-2024 season opens on January 15, 2023. ⏰Applications will be accepted until April 15 (or until we reach our maximum capacity of 350 submissions). Learn more at https://mccartheydressman.org/
07/18/2022
We are excited to announce the awardees for the 2022-2023 school year. Our application for the 2023-2024 season opens on January 15, 2023 so please mark your calendar.
Awardees Click here to review Project Summaries. 2022 – 2023 Academic Enrichment Recipients Kylie Conover, The Rural Library Traveling Exhibit Project – Saint Cloud, MN Daniel Nesbitt, Putting t…
07/08/2022
Where the Light Travels: Creative Media Builds Confidence and Digital Literacy for
Where the Light Travels: Creative Media Builds Confidence and Digital Literacy “Soon the digital divide will not be between the haves and the have-nots. It will be between the know-hows and the non-know-hows.” – Stanford lecturer Howard Rheingold Where the Light Travels…
06/15/2022
As indicated by test scores, Utah high school students struggle with proficiency in math and science. HawkWatch International (HWI), a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has found an innovative way to reinforce state STEM concepts being taught in Utah classrooms by involving high school students in their study of cavity-nesting birds and the environmental impacts leading to their declining population. ...
HawkWatch International: Using Hands-on, Real-life Learning to Improve Student Achievement As indicated by test scores, Utah high school students struggle with proficiency in math and science. HawkWatch International (HWI), a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has fo…
04/26/2022
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McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Celebrating programs that engage, enrich and inspire learners
04/15/2022
Busiest school year ever? Maybe! Good news - there's still time to submit your grant or scholarship application!
Not sure of your contract placement for next year? You can still apply.
The deadline for this year has been extended to May 1, 2022, or when we reach 350 submissions.
Questions? Reach out to us at [email protected]
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New Mexico State University
UC Santa Cruz
The University of Texas at Austin
Foundation Seeks Innovative Proposals for K-12 Students; Extends Deadline to May 1, 2022 SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB) April 15, 2022 -- McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation extends funding opportunity deadline to address educational enrichment for a generation impacted by the pandemic.
04/07/2022
School aged children have experienced growing up in a world where we discuss and hear the current status of the global climate. What if we empowered our students to find solutions to protect the planet? The project team at South Plantation High School in Plantation, FL did just that through their Environmental Science Pathway project. With the support of the McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation, they sought to develop a curriculum that is guided by the themes of reducing the carbon footprint, water issues, and human population issues....
Environmental Science Pathways: Empowering Students To Find Solutions To Protect The Planet School aged children have experienced growing up in a world where we discuss and hear the current status of the global climate. What if we empowered our students to find solutions to protect …
09/22/2021
Educators are on the front lines in addressing the low levels of student academic language literacy resulting from the phenomena of modern family life: both parents working full time, limited oral language acquisition in the home resulting from the economic pressure on families, and increased student screen time.
The Academic Literacy Institute (ALI) in Bozeman, MT, is a project seeking to improve the instructional competencies of district teachers via intensive professional development to better serve two identified district populations at risk: low income/low literacy English-only students and English Language Learners(ELLs), for whom English is not their primary language.
Learn more about their project on our blog at
Academic Literacy Institute: Addressing literacy in low income/low literacy English-only students and English Language Learners (ELLs) Educators are on the front lines in addressing the low levels of student academic language literacy resulting from the phenomena of modern family life: both parents working full time, limited oral …
09/13/2021
As students attend school during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to support learners in thinking “outside-the-box” and practice problem solving skills. Young children often engage in pretend play, acting out observations and experiences they have. Educators know children learn through play and the importance of providing children with interdisciplinary learning opportunities in languages they are familiar with. Through, her project, Growing to Scale: A 3-Phase Teacher Development Initiative of The Theatrical Journey Project, veteran CentroNía staff member and theater artist Elizabeth Bruce, developed and published a bilingual STEAM curriculum enhancement for Pre-K children to “become science problem solvers who remedy science problems through hands–on simulations of real phenomenon. They are experts who solve the problems and emergencies presented in each journey.” Learn more about this 'dramatic success" on our blog!
Growing to Scale: Theatrical Journeys-Embedding STEAM into Early Childhood Education Through Multi-sensory Guided Pretend Play As students attend school during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to support learners in thinking “outside-the-box” and practice problem solving skills. Young children often eng…
06/18/2021
The Best of Buena Vista: Community Based Learning and Student Journalism
The Best of Buena Vista: Community Based Learning and Student Journalism As students embarked on “the Best of BV” they strengthened writing skills, practiced responsibility and accountability. Their plan was to work with the arts council to empower students to cover loc…
06/18/2021
It is often said that teachers create magic in their classroom. Kathryn Crawen at Ashford School in Venon, CT took creating magic to a global classroom with the project, Global Learning Experiences Take Students to New Heights. They are developing an exciting and immersive cultural exchange for students from Kindergarten to 8th grade using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a launching point for project based learning and collaboration with students in other countries (both in person and virtual)....
Global Learning Experiences Take Students to New Heights: Collaborating with Students in Other Countries On The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals It is often said that teachers create magic in their classroom. Kathryn Crawen at Ashford School in Venon, CT took creating magic to a global classroom with the project, Global Learning Experience…