Learn more about discretionary grant programs that support activities designed to advance literacy skills, provide professional learning opportunities to teachers, support arts education, and identify and meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students.
Supports national-level, high-quality arts education projects and services for children and youth.
AAEDD supports the development and dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming.
Supports the implementation of high-quality model professional development programs for arts educators and other instructional staff.
Creates a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children of all ages.
Supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills in high-need local educational agencies (high-need LEAs) and schools.
Enhances the capacity of elementary and secondary schools to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs.
Promotes arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students with disabilities.
Supports the establishment of the Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics and the Congressional Academies for Students.
Promotes innovative instruction, learning strategies, and professional development in American history, civics and government, and geography.
Provides competitive grants to SEAs to demonstrate models for providing well-rounded educational opportunities through course-access programs.