Apangea Learning Helping School Administrators 'Unravel the Maze' of Federal Funding

PITTSBURGH, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As school districts across the country struggle with budget cuts and funding shortfalls, Apangea Learning -- leaders in personalized, one-on-one online tutoring for students nationwide -- is helping school administrators master the complexities of identifying and applying for federal education grants.

"It's no secret that trying to secure federal financing can be a daunting task," said Bruce E.G. Smith, Apangea Vice President, Sales and Marketing. "We're trying to help administrators unravel the maze."

Apangea will host two webinars this month focused on securing federal grants for individual school districts. Those online programs are:

    
    
    -  Practical Guide to Investing in Innovation (i3) Grants
    
       Monday, March 22nd: 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT
    
       Focus: The U.S. Department of Education is gearing up to award $650M
       to school districts, states and education nonprofit organizations.
       Apangea's program will help administrators learn how a school district
       can take advantage of this funding opportunity, with a step-by-step
       walkthrough of the grant and the application process
    
    
    -  Practical Guide to School Improvement Grants
    
       Tuesday, March 30th: 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT
    
       Focus: School improvement received a $3 billion increase under the
       stimulus package, making a total of $3.5 billion available this year.
       School administrators can learn how to take advantage of this
       opportunity, including funding for rigorous intervention efforts.

Both webinars will be presented by Todd Lamb, a former U.S. Department of Education official and a noted authority on school funding.

School administrators wishing to participate in an Apangea webinar may register at www.apangealearning.com/news/webinars.html.

Apangea's Smith said additional webinars and educational outreach will be held in the future.

ABOUT APANGEA LEARNING

Apangea Learning (www.apangealearning.com) is a pioneer in developing cost-effective, one-on-one online math and writing tutoring services for students in K-12 schools across the United States. School districts purchase seat licenses for Apangea's services and provide access to their students during the school day and after hours from home. With its programs based on one of the world's largest bodies of cognitive research originally conducted by the U.S. Air Force, Apangea has both strong technical resources and a content-development prowess that enables it to harness advanced Web technologies and offer innovative instruction techniques. The privately owned company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

    
    
    John Buckman
    Buckman Communications
    412-381-2900
    [email protected]

SOURCE Apangea Learning