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ISBF has received $50,000 from the Qwest Foundation to be awarded to Iowa educators proposing innovative classroom uses of technology. Read more under "Our Research Projects & Services".

ISBF has received $50,000 from the Qwest Foundation to be awarded to Iowa educators proposing innovative classroom uses of technology. Read more under "Our Research Projects & Services".

Pre-K Now Collaboration Report

This tool provides the meeting facilitator with one way to develop a group vision

This Excel spreadsheet provides an example of IGrowth data presentation and analysis.

The Iowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF) was created in part to implement the research policy of the Iowa Association of School Boards.

This brochure describes the Comprehensive School-Improvement Assessment Service.

Writing a successful grant means you must align your story to the scoring expectations! This ISBF tool helps you focus on each grant question and the related scoring criteria. It also provides useful tips, possible examples and space for writing a draft of your text.

This ISBF grant planning tool gets you organized as you set important meetings, collect data and collaborate with community partners. It also provides you with critical conversation topics and a meeting agenda template designed to help your collaborative teams plan an effective preschool program. These important discussion topics also directly link to the grant application scoring criteria, which gives you time to collect meeting artifacts that provide the evidence you'll need to write an award-winning grant application!

This excel application is designed to support districts interested in participating in Iowa's Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program. Our tool will help school leaders develop a preschool program budget utilizing state dollars in conjunction with other funding streams.