New Grants

eMINTS Receives $22.4 in New Grants

Photo by Sam O'Keefe/University of Missouri

University of Missouri College of Education officials announced October 24, 2018, that the college’s eMINTS National Center has received two U.S. Department of Education grants, including the largest one in the history of the college. The grants total more than $18.6 million in federal funds and $3.8 million in private sector matching funds. The money will be used to expand a successful educational technology professional development program into rural schools in Missouri and Kansas.

The $22.4 million total includes:

• A $14.6 million Supporting Effective Educator Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education, and a $3.42 match from audiovisual equipment supply company Kansas City Audio-Visual. This award is the largest in the college’s history.
• A $4 million Education Innovation and Research Award from the U.S. Department of Education, and a $400,000 match from Kansas City Audio-Visual

“At eMINTS, we strive to help schools and educators bring together technology and effective teaching practices,” said Christine Terry, director of eMINTS. “Students use the knowledge and skills they are learning to solve problems that are meaningful. That means technology is not an “add-on” to learning but a tool for communicating ideas, collaborating with peers, collecting data and analyzing information.”

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