The brand new Institute of Education Sciences (which replaced the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement) has announced that it seeks to award over $90 million in new grants to support research on teacher quality, reading comprehension, effective math education, character development, preschool curricula, and other topics. Details are available at www.ed.gov/topics/topics.jsp?&top=Grants+%26+Contracts.
