Grants

DonorChoose
- an online charity that makes it easy to help students in need through school donations.

Grants for Music Education Programs across the United States

The Fender Music Foundation makes the gift of music available to people across the country by providing funding and resources for music programs. Our grants are awarded to music academies, schools, local music programs and national music programs across America

Enter to Win a School Garden in the 2nd Annual Welch's Harvest Grants Program | Scholastic.com

As a family farmer owned company that is proud to grow and nurture grapes, Welch's values sustainable agriculture and healthy eating. Schools around the country can apply for a Welch's Harvest Grant to win a school garden.

Homework Help

Dial -A -Teacher Online  - Offers homework help in most subject areas in grades K - 12. Hours, television guide, and information for parents. a FREE service provided by Miami-Dade County Public Schools in cooperation with the United Teachers of Dade and WLRN-TV.

UFT Dial-A-Teacher - the United Federations of Teachers sponsored homework help program for elementary and middle school students where classroom teachers answer homework questions at 212-777-3380, Monday through Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m. during the school year. They can also answer parents' questions and give advice on how you can help your child at home. The staff speaks 12 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Fukanese), English, French, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Russian, Slovak and Spanish.

New York Public Library Dial-A-Teacher Whiteboard is available Monday to Thursday  4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (when school is in session) A student logs on to the free, online Dial-A Teacher service by providing some basic background information. They are then connected with a certified NYC teacher

Homework Hotline - provides a homework help site with on-demand video clips, games and activities. Parents and teachers will also find video, lesson plans and articles on helping students with their homework

Websites on Parenting

Things are much different now than 20 or 30 years ago because of the rapid advance of technology. So although parenting is much about common sense and tradition, there are issues now that are not present when you are growing up. Since proven parenting strategies produce well adjusted, positive children, it doesn't hurt to keep-up to date with parenting advice from the experts or other parents. Ultimately though, you as the parent can decide what is best for your child.

Kaboose Parenting and School - a site for parents that offers parenting videos, behavior expert videos, discuss family activities, behavior and development, education and learning, etc.


tv watch  -TV watch is a site dedicated to using all communications available to educate parents about the existing tools to manage their children's television consumption; and to give voice to the majority of Americans who believe responsibility – not more regulation – is the solution.

Family NY - The Home of Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, Bronx Family, Staten Island Family, Special Child magazine and more! A site about parents resources to raise a family in the New York area.

Growing Up Online - a site that helps parents "understand -- and guide--the online activities of their children."