Gov. Nathan Deal announced six award winners for the Innovation Fund Tiny Grant Program, a competitive grant opportunity that provides funding to traditional public schools, charter schools and school districts to implement small-scale programs that directly engage students.
 
“The Innovation Fund Tiny Grant unites top educators to prepare students to engage in today’s most important academic areas,” said Deal. “As we invest in young minds and encourage them to reach their fullest potential, we must also invest in opportunities to develop and implement innovative classroom methods. Congratulations to the award winners and we look forward to seeing the impact each Tiny Grant will have on the futures of Georgia’s students.”
 
Programs funded by Tiny Grants must align with one of the three following priority areas: applied learning with a focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics education, blended and personalized learning, and birth-to-age-8 language and literacy development.
 
Grantees will evaluate the impact of the programs on student engagement and achievement and submit their findings to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement at the end of the grant period.
 
The grant award winners and their respective programs are listed below:
 
Applied Learning with a Focus on STEAM Education
 
Doerun Elementary School
Colquitt County Schools
Making Thinkers with a Makerspace
 
Lindley Sixth Grade Academy
Cobb County School District
Let’s Code Lindley
 
Pickens High School
Pickens County School District
Dragon Table
 
Fulton Leadership Academy
State Charter School
Innovation in Remediation
 
Blended and Personalized Learning
 
Benjamin E. Mays High School
Atlanta Public Schools
Culturally Relevant Computing
 
Birney Elementary School
Cobb County School District
Bridging the Instructional Divide: Personalized Learning in ELA and Math for Title I Kids