Grants Awarded
The Longview Foundation funds education activities in:
State Networks on International Education, Internationalizing Teacher Preparation, and Innovations in International Education.
| Organization | Program Area | Amount | Year | Grant Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taking IT Global | Innovations in International Education | $24,000 | 2007 | To enhance the "Understanding the Issues" section of this website to encourage young people Learn more > |
Developmental Studies Center | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2008 | For the "AfterSchool KidzLit Program for the Global Age" designed to develop literacy and global literacy through units on the geography, history and cultures of diverse peoples and nations. Learn more > |
First Book | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2008 | For "The World in Your Classroom: A Global Literacy Demonstration Initiative", a collaboration of First Book with Sesame Workshop and the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab. The project will develop and test globally themed collections of hard copy and digital books and educational media in pre-schools, elementary schools and other programs serving children from low-income families. Learn more > |
Global Kids | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2008 | For the pilot phase of "Global Citizenship After School: An International Affairs Training Institute for After School Educators and Youth Workers" to share the organization's expertise educating underserved middle and high school age students about international affairs. Learn more > |
Link TV | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2008 | For Global Link of World Educators, an educational outreach initiative for middle and high school for the Latin Pulse/Pulso Latino, Global Pulse and Explore programs. Learn more > |
WETA | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2008 | To continue development of the.news, a noncommercial news broadcast and related online editorial and multimedia content for high school and middle school students, teachers, and parents. Learn more > |
Developmental Studies Center | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2009 | To complete development of the the "AfterSchool KidzLit Program for the Global Age" designed to develop literacy and global literacy through units on the geography, history and cultures of diverse peoples and nations. Learn more > |
NAFSA: Association of International Educators | Innovations in International Education | $14,622 | 2009 | To support the development of a colloquium on Internationalizing Teacher Education at the NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $3,000 | 2009 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
National Summer Learning Association | Innovations in International Education | $22,778 | 2009 | To create a staff development program for All Over the World, a curriculum designed to bring international knowledge and skills into summer programs. The program will include a trainer guide, online training modules with video components, discussion boards and links to curriculum updates. Learn more > |
University of Arizona College of Education | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2009 | For online tools for Worlds of Words (WOW), a project to help educators build international understanding through world literature, including a database of international children's books and two electronic journals. Learn more > |
The Afterschool Alliance | Innovations in International Education | $15,000 | 2010 | For Promotion of Global Literacy and International Education in Afterschool Programs Learn more > |
First Book | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2011 | For "The World on Your Bookshelf". The project will make a globally themed collection of hard copy books available to pre-schools, elementary schools and other programs serving children from low-income families. Learn more > |
NAFSA: Association of International Educators | Innovations in International Education | $25,526 | 2011 | To support the development of a colloquium on Internationalizing Teacher Education at the NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo and for the development of a cultural assessment tool. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $3,000 | 2011 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
NYSAN | Innovations in International Education | $15,000 | 2011 | Expanding Global Learning Opportunities in New York State Afterschool Programs: A Pilot with the National Peace Corps Association. Learn more > |
Pulitzer Center | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2011 | Support for Global Gateway and expansion of Global Gateway to Washington, DC. Learn more > |
Tulane University | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2011 | Support for the "Training Global Teachers for Global Classrooms: A Professional Development Conference Supporting World-Class Education in Louisiana." Learn more > |
University of Arizona World of Words | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2011 | Literacy Communities as Global Gateways to Innovation. This grant establishes literacy communities as a means of encouraging the use of international literature and global perspectives within elementary and secondary classrooms. Learn more > |
Georgia Foundation for Public Education | Innovations in International Education | $15,000 | 2012 | To create a global advisory coalition to deepen engagement in global learning through a partnership of the Georgia Department of Education with business, educators, and the after-school community. Learn more > |
Minnesota Department of Education/University of St. Cloud | Innovations in International Education | $30,798 | 2012 | To develop a statewide strategic plan to internationalize education in Minnesota schools. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2012 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
National History Day | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2012 | Curriculum Resources for History Research on Global Current Events - Available in print and online format to guide students in history research and analysis relevant to current global events, perspectives and complex international issues. Learn more > |
Primary Source | Innovations in International Education | $26,000 | 2012 | The World at Your Fingertips: A four-week, graduate level, cross discipline, online education course. Learn more > |
University of Arizona, World of Words | Innovations in International Education | $20,000 | 2012 | Creating and Sustaining Curricular Innovations in International Education: Analysis on current literacy communities and additional support for 12 new literacy communities Learn more > |
Utah State Office of Education | Innovations in International Education | $18,500 | 2012 | Online professional development courses for teachers that build their capacity to foster the global competency of their students. Learn more > |
Columbus Council on World Affairs | Innovations in International Education | $21,000 | 2013 | To define a Global Scholars Diploma ( an educational credential verifying global competency) for regional high school students and to create a Community Advocacy Toolkit. Learn more > |
National Council of History Education | Innovations in International Education | $15,000 | 2013 | Development of 5 professional development modules accessible in an online Learning Management System - the modules will address key pieces of more recent U.S. History. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2013 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
Primary Source | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2013 | Development of a four-week, graduate level, cross discipline, online education course and in-person professional development with Boston Public Schools. Learn more > |
Project Zero, Harvard University | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2013 | Signature Pedagogies: Understanding Excellence in Global Competence Education. Seeking to advance, illustrate, and disseminate a novel pedagogical framework that teachers can use to deepen student's global competence. Learn more > |
World Savvy | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2013 | Global Competency Certification Program Planning and pilot testing of GCC program. First cohort Fall 2014. Learn more > |
Columbus Council on World Affairs | Innovations in International Education | $21,000 | 2014 | Expanding Global Scholars Diploma throughout Central OH, Focusing Particular Attention on CTE/STEM Students Learn more > |
Project Zero, Harvard University | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2014 | Signature Pedagogies: Understanding Excellence in Global Competence Education. Seeking to advance, illustrate, and disseminate a novel pedagogical framework that teachers can use to deepen student's global competence. Learn more > |
Pulitzer Center | Innovations in International Education | $15,000 | 2014 | To develop a Common-Core aligned framework and teacher tools to advance student's global competence thorugh critical analysis of quality journalism. Learn more > |
University of Central Missouri | Innovations in International Education | $27,676 | 2014 | Through UCM, career and tech ed (CTE) teachers in Missouri will build competence in global knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach their students the necessary outcomes for international career readiness as reflected in the Common Core. Learn more > |
World Savvy | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2014 | Global Competency Certification Leadership Program Planning and pilot testing of GECC leaders program. First cohort Fall 2015. Learn more > |
Digital Promise Global | Innovations in International Education | $29,700 | 2015 | To create a small suite of microcredentials intended for educator use that explore global competency in teaching. Learn more > |
Five Colleges | Innovations in International Education | $29,700 | 2015 | Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, UMASS Amherst) Doors to the World: Global Children's Literature for Critical Multicultural Literacies Students in grades pre-K-3 will build their cultural and linguistic knowledge through their teacher's utilization of Doors to the World, a multimodal resource website that uses global picture books as entry points for deepening children's understanding of the world and of themselves. Learn more > |
Kentucky Department of Education | Innovations in International Education | $10,000 | 2015 | Career Technical Education Exploration Grant Learn more > |
MapStory Foundation | Innovations in International Education | $24,950 | 2015 | To explore and create digital badges for students to explore global competencies within mapping. Learn more > |
Maryland Department of Education | Innovations in International Education | $10,000 | 2015 | Career Technical Education Exploration Grant Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2015 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
Brown University | Innovations in International Education | $25,000 | 2015 | Development, PD, and Outreach for an Interactive Video Portal for Scholars Online - A tool for Engaging Students in Substantive Discussion on Critical Global Issues. Give students and teachers access to an existing (and expanding) video library that gives high school students the opportunity to hear directly from experts and policymakers that they might normally not have access to, helping them gain a broader and more nuanced understanding of topics related to critical global issues. Learn more > |
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | Innovations in International Education | $10,000 | 2015 | Career Technical Education Exploration Grant Learn more > |
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas, Austin | Innovations in International Education | $26,877 | 2016 | For Teacher PD in Global Competence Learn more > |
iEARN | Innovations in International Education | $22,000 | 2016 | To gather new examples and update Teacher PD resource Learn more > |
Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin | Innovations in International Education | $21,285 | 2016 | To support the creation of teacher PD around WI Global Certificate Program Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2016 | recognition for the Jim Becker Award Learn more > |
Primary Source | Innovations in International Education | $20,793 | 2016 | To support development of an online school leader PD course Learn more > |
University of Iowa | Innovations in International Education | $21,376 | 2016 | For Teacher PD in Global Competence Learn more > |
Washington International School | Innovations in International Education | $18,000 | 2016 | To create digital teacher resources for applying global competence to art work and gallery experiences at museums Learn more > |
Project Zero, Harvard University | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2016 | Signature Pedagogies: Understanding Excellence in Global Competence Education. Seeking to advance, illustrate, and disseminate a novel pedagogical framework that teachers can use to deepen student's global competence. Learn more > |
DC Public Schools | Innovations in International Education | $20,000 | 2017 | Local Global Spaces: Expose teachers and students affiliated with DCPS with the global influences of Washington, DC and empower them to discover new places within their global community. Learn more > |
Columbus Council on World Affairs | Innovations in International Education | $17,500 | 2017 | Expanding and Scaling Global Fluency Training for Educators: Project will expand an existing, local Global Fluency Training for Edcuators program to educators across the U.S., enabling them to build stronger cross-cultural competency skills and to more effectively serve students and families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Learn more > |
Globe Smart Kids | Innovations in International Education | $22,005 | 2017 | Virtual Intergroup Contact to Promote Global Citizenship among Young Learners: To cultivate global citizenship and cultural openness among American K-12 students through the development and dissemination of an ELA Common-Core aligned curriculum for One-Globe Kids virtual library of global friends. Learn more > |
Go Global NC | Innovations in International Education | $21,500 | 2018 | Capacity-building phase of the North Carolina Global Teachers Fellowship, which will allow a teacher from each of North CarolinaÍs 100 counties to take part in the Fellowship program annually, thereby significantly strengthening a statewide movement centered around global education in the state. Learn more > |
American Academies | Innovations in International Education | $21,500 | 2018 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences convened the AmericaÍs Language Working Group as an informal group of experts and organizations, including representation from the language profession, academia, government, business, NGOs, and heritage and indigenous communities, with a stake in language education. Learn more > |
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | Innovations in International Education | $24,948 | 2018 | Globalizing College Education in High School: A University of Pittsburgh Initiative for PA Schools: Infuse international content into PA secondary education by training HS educators to teach globally focused courses that are aligned with Common Core and state standards and offer transferable college credits through the UP College in HS program. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2017 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2018 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
National Council for the Social Studies | Innovations in International Education | $4,550 | 2019 | For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker recognizing a social studies educator who has made notable contributions to help elementary, middle or secondary students increase their understanding of the world. Learn more > |
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC | Innovations in International Education | $29,982 | 2019 | Scaling Up Project Based Inquiry Global Teaching Units for SDGs with a target for at risk HS/Community College combination program Learn more > |
Washington International School | Innovations in International Education | $30,000 | 2019 | Engaging Art with the World In Mind: Constructing teaching exemplars for use by teachers and museum educators - that illustrate powerful ways of engaging with museum collections in order to foster global competence. Learn more > |
Street Law | Innovations in International Education | $19,661 | 2019 | Globalizing Deliberative Discussions Adding a global lens to civic topics in Social Studies classrooms Learn more > |
Globe Smart Kids | Innovations in International Education | $16,650 | 2020 | Global friendship enhancement. New stories and more translations into Spanish. Learn more > |
CCID | Innovations in International Education | $11,885 | 2020 | Extending global learning opportunities for students in career and technical education (CTE) programs in our community colleges. Learn more > |