Teacher Pay & Grant Watch

Why this is recommended

A $5,000 state stipend, a forgiveness window, a DonorsChoose match day or a pension rule change is announced on agency pages teachers never see during the school year. One catch is worth a decade of membership.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The four million US teachers, plus paraprofessionals and school staff.

When it runs

Teachers plan the week on Sunday; states and funders post during the school week

Scope

State salary schedules, stipends, bonuses and retention payments, named by state; Teacher Loan Forgiveness, PSLF and TEACH Grant rules; classroom grants and match days from DonorsChoose, foundations, PTAs and corporations; certification, evaluation and tenure rules by state; pension, retirement and Social Security offset changes; contracts and strike votes in the 100 largest districts; free professional development and resources

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

State teacher pay raises and stipend programs, loan forgiveness and grant deadlines, classroom funding matches, certification and evaluation rule changes, pension and retirement changes, district strike and contract news and free professional development and resources, with the state or program first.

Track US K-12 educator pay and funding. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: state teacher salary schedule changes, stipends, bonuses and retention payments with amounts and dates; Teacher Loan Forgiveness, PSLF and TEACH Grant rule and deadline changes; classroom grant programs and match days from DonorsChoose, foundations, PTAs and corporations; certification, evaluation and tenure rule changes by state; pension, retirement and Social Security offset changes; district contract settlements and strike votes in the 100 largest districts; and free professional development, conference scholarships and classroom resource programs. Prefer state education agencies, Federal Student Aid, funder pages, unions and established education reporting; ignore product marketing. Put the state or program first in the title with the amount and the deadline. Use high severity for a stipend or raise of $2,000 or more, or a deadline within 14 days. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who qualifies, the amount, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.