{"id":9402,"date":"2017-03-28T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?p=9402"},"modified":"2017-03-29T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T20:41:51","slug":"agilent-technologies-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/28\/agilent-technologies-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Agilent Technologies Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: Ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Funds:\u00a0In 2014, the foundation awarded grants ranging from $300 &#8211; $671,000.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility:\u00a0Nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Description:\u00a0The Agilent Technologies Foundation seeks to increase the quality of science and math instruction at the middle and high school levels and increase the availability of highly qualified teachers, including those from historically underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n<p>Areas: \u00a0Support is given for policy and programs at the national, state, and local level that promote:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High standards that define learning goals for student achievement.<\/li>\n<li>Rigorous assessments that measure progress versus standards.<\/li>\n<li>Strict accountability for students and schools.<\/li>\n<li>High standards for teacher skills and achievement.<\/li>\n<li>Effective programs to increase teacher availability.<\/li>\n<li>Increased presence of underrepresented groups in the teaching profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact: \u00a0Agilent Technologies Foundation, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., MS 1B-07, Santa Clara, CA 95051; (408) 345-5229.<\/p>\n<p>Web: www.agilent.com\/contributions\/us_programs.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: Ongoing. Funds:\u00a0In 2014, the foundation awarded grants ranging from $300 &#8211; $671,000. Eligibility:\u00a0Nonprofit organizations. Description:\u00a0The Agilent Technologies Foundation seeks to increase the quality of science and math instruction at the middle and high school levels and increase the availability of highly qualified teachers, including those from historically underrepresented groups. Areas: \u00a0Support is given for policy and programs at the national, state, and local level that promote: High standards that define learning goals for student achievement. Rigorous assessments that measure progress versus standards. Strict accountability for students and schools. High standards for teacher skills and achievement. Effective programs to increase teacher availability. Increased presence of underrepresented groups in the teaching profession. Contact: \u00a0Agilent Technologies Foundation, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., MS 1B-07, Santa Clara, CA 95051; (408) 345-5229. Web: www.agilent.com\/contributions\/us_programs.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom_support_opportunities","category-grant-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9403,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402\/revisions\/9403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}