The Educational Partnership Program promotes quality education, seamless transitions and deployment support for military students through outreach and partnership development. Service members often accept or decline assignments based on the availability of quality educational opportunities for their children. The Educational Partnership Program promotes quality education, seamless transitions, and deployment support for military students through outreach and partnership development. Group of children sitting and looking forward. The service members in our Nation's Armed Forces place a high value on education. The availability of educational oppertunities for their children is a key quality of life measure.

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The Evaluation Technical Assistance Center is pleased to support the staff and grantees of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in their mission to provide a quality education to all military-dependent children.

The DoDEA Educational Partnership Branch is dedicated to promoting every military child's right to a quality education regardless of their location or how often their family relocates. DoDEA has more than 60 years of experience supporting military students within the Department of Defense (DoD) system around the world.

The Educational Partnership Program promotes quality education, seamless transitions and deployment support for military students through outreach and partnership development. The Educational Partnership Program also has the authority to issue grants for programs that enhance student achievement and develops an annual Report to Congress articulating student growth projections, recommendations for appropriate means of assistance, and the DoD plan for outreach.

Working in concert with ED, the Partnership's Outreach Team manages the DoD Impact Aid program (Supplement, Base Realignment and Closure, and Children with Severe Disabilities) funding distributed annually to eligible military-connected school districts nationwide.

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ED.gov logo The Secretary of Education’s Letter to Superintendents

Mr. Duncan requests the superintendents to meet the needs of military students in their districts.

ICF logo Deployed Dads: Strengthening Military and Veteran Fathers, Families and Communities

Ensuring the health, well-being and economic stability of service members veterans and their family will result in an effective military.

ED.gov logo Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants to Non-State Educational Agency (Non-SEA)

The Department of Education is now inviting applications for the CSP Grant. The competition also includes the Secretary of Education’s military priority.

Ele logo

Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment (ELE)

Some terrific online and mobile early learning resources are now available to families and teachers free of charge on Ele's website. Ele's online community provides a safe place to ask questions and participate in discussions with other families and early childhood professionals.

Keeping Students at the Center logoKeeping Students at the Center

The Department of Defense Education Activity, Educational Partnership is proud to offer "Keeping Students at the Center," a resource for school liaison professionals designed to support their role by providing additional information, tools and resources to work effectively with families, schools and communities.

Grantee Spotlight icon Grantee Spotlight

Newport News hosts Dr. Jill Biden for Joining Forces Initiative Anniversary

On April 24th, Dr. Jill Biden and Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr. held a Joining Forces anniversary event centered on education. Joining Forces, the initiative started one year ago by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Biden, seeks to inspire, educate and spark action from all sectors of society in support of veterans and military families.
For more information regarding the Joining Forces Initiative, click here.

Robotics Challenge

Students show off skills of robotics clubs – Copperas Cove ISD

Copperas Cove ISD was awarded a grant by DoDEA to embark on several initiatives to improve student achievement. One of the initiatives is to expand the STEM robotics program to include all campuses. The funding has provided each elementary and junior high school in the district with a laptop and twelve robotic kits. Recently over 110 students from these schools convened to take part in a Robotics Challenge which was aimed at demonstrating their computer programming skills.

Eglin Elementary hones science interest in lab – Okaloosa County SD

Okaloosa County School District was awarded a grant by DoDEA to improve science and technology content knowledge for elementary students in preparation for future STEM careers. With the funding, the district has installed state of the art science labs in five of its elementary schools and provided professional development to its teachers. The results have been positive thus far; students are now inspired and engaged in their learning through hands-on experimentation and use of technology. Due to such accomplishments, the project has captured the attention of local media and has received support from parents.

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