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Energy Awareness Activity Book
Book to teach children about how to make smart energy choices, save money, and improve the environment.
Public -Private Partnership Launches New AmeriCorps Program to Help Communities Build Resilience
CNCS, DOE, EPA, NOAA, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Cities of Service announced a new commitment to launch the Resilience AmeriCorps pilot program. Resilience AmeriCorps will help communities plan and implement efforts necessary to become more resilient to shocks and stresses, including extreme weather and other impacts of climate change. AmeriCorps VISTA members will serve in up to 12 communities in 2015-2016 to support the development of resilience strategies.
App: School Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Assessments
EPA launched the School IAQ Assessment mobile app, which can assist schools and school districts with performing comprehensive IAQ facility assessments to protect the health of children and school staff. Schools that want to develop, sustain, or reinvigorate their IAQ management programs can use this tool to identify and prioritize IAQ improvements that address environmental health issues such as ventilation, cleaning and maintenance, environmental asthma triggers, radon, and integrated pest management. The app is available for Apple or Android smart devices.
Read.gov
Read.gov encourages everyone to discover the world of books.
Report: Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development
This report provides a broad framework that clarifies research types and provides basic guidance about the purpose, justification, design features, and expected outcomes from various research types. It aims to establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well Being
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics produces this publication annually on the well being of children and families across the U.S.
Recovery.gov
Recovery.gov is the U.S. Government's official website to provide easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending.
USASpending.gov
USAspending.gov provides federal funding information to the public, as collected from federal agencies, in an easy to use website. The data is largely from sources: the Federal Procurement Data System, which contains information about federal contracts; and the Federal Assistance Award Data System, which contains information about federal financial assistance such as grants, loans, insurance, and direct subsidies like Social Security.
USASpending Website Upgrades
USASpending.gov is upgrading. This federal government’s website informs the public about federal awards. Upgrades include new features that will provide information about federal grant funds invested at the state and county levels.
AmeriCorps
Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups.
AmeriCorps Resource Center
The Knowledge Networks page, on the AmeriCorps website, provides training and technical assistance resources organized by focus area. It connects service programs with targeted training and information.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based organizations, tribal programs, and all others interested in strengthening schools and communities using service-learning.
1 is 2 Many: Dating Violence PSA
This PSA produced by the White House features President Obama, Vice President Biden, and multiple professional athletes talking about the need to eliminate dating violence.
1 is 2 Many PSA
One in five young women has been sexually assaulted while in college. One is too many. In this campaign video, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, David Beckham, Eli Manning, Jeremy Lin, Evan Longoria, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Torre, and Andy Katz lend their voices to raise awareness about teen dating violence.
2013 Youth Jobs+ Initiative
Youth Jobs+ is an initiative intended to connect young people with jobs, internships, and other employment opportunities by bringing together businesses, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, and elected officials to help create pathways to employment for youth.
Cheers to Five Years of Let's Move!
Over the past five years, Let’s Move!, a nationwide initiative led by first lady Michelle Obama to set children on a path to a healthy future, has engaged parents, business leaders, educators, elected officials, community and faith leaders, and kids themselves in the improvement of the health of our nation’s children.
ConnectED: President Obama’s Plan for Connecting All Schools to the Digital Age
The ConnectED Initiative aims to bring America’s students into the digital age by ensuring access to the Internet and other educational technologies by using existing federal funds and partnering with businesses, states, districts, communities, and schools.
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships: Year of Action Highlights
“Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships: Year of Action Highlights” (PDF, 18 pages) highlights the partnerships the Administration has formed with faith-based and community organizations that have expanded support and opportunity for Americans.
Fact Sheet: Improving Outcomes for Our Nation’s Foster Youth
This fact sheet illustrates the steps that the Obama administration and its federal partners are taking to support foster youth. These efforts include ensuring access to healthy meals, protecting the welfare of Native youth, building financial security, keeping young people out of the justice system, creating paths to employment, supporting educational success, and developing public service and private investment opportunities.
Host a College Signing Day Celebration
First Lady Michelle Obama invites school and community leaders to promote the students’ success by hosting a College Signing Day at local high schools. Use the College Signing Day Toolkit (PDF, 22 pages) to plan an event to honor students’ commitments to complete their education beyond high school.
Let Girls Learn
Let Girls Learn is a new government-wide initiative focused on helping adolescent girls complete their education and pursue their goals. Let Girls Learn will build on the work of the Peace Corps and USAID, and will utilize partnerships with NGOs, businesses, and foundations, in an effort to promote the education and success of girls worldwide.
Kicking Off the Conversation with WHIAAPI’s Young Leaders Dialogue on Education
On October 30, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) held its first Young Leaders Dialogue (YLD) Google+ Hangout on Education. The first YLD focused on education, and more than 500 students and professionals RSVP’d and attended watch parties. Small group discussions that focused on the needs of various campuses and communities were also held.
My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Report to the President
The My Brother’s Keeper Initiative was launched in February 2014 to address the persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color. This 90-day report outlines the initial recommendations developed by the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force and offers a blueprint for action by government, business, nonprofit, philanthropic, faith and community partners.
New Tool to Reduce and Prevent Sexual Assault on Campus: Confidentiality
The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault has developed a new resource that can help colleges and univerisites in their efforts to address address sexual:
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Sample Reporting and Confidentiality Policy (PDF, 6 pages) inclues important elements for institutions to consider when drafting effective policies regarding reporting and confidentially disclosing sexual violence.
New Tool to Reduce and Prevent Sexual Assault on Campus: Climate
The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault has developed a new resource that can help colleges and univerisites in their efforts to address address sexual:
- Climate Surveys: Useful Tools to Help Colleges and Universities in Their Efforts to Reduce and Prevent Sexual Assault (PDF, 37 pages) provides an overview of how to plan and conduct a climate survey as part of a comprehensive effort to address sexual assault on campus, as well as an example of an empirically-informed survey based on best practices from the field.