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In this Homeroom Blog, guest author Patrick Whalen explores how physical education goes beyond fitness, nurturing traits like teamwork, resilience, and character in students.

Information about ED's support for teaching, teacher development, and professional development for teachers and other school staff

The SBMH program provides competitive grants to SEAs, LEAs, and consortia of LEAs to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers providing mental health services to students in LEAs with demonstrated need.

The MHSP Program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs).

Learn more about the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) Program, which aims to improve student's academic achievement by increasing the capacity of States, local educational agencies, schools and local communities.

This page provides information regarding state reporting requirements for the Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program. No new funding for individual scholarships has been authorized since the beginning of the 1996-97 year. However, former scholarship re