Where children live significantly affect their chances for success in life, according to the analysis by the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center, which based its analysis on its new “Chance-for-Success Index.” The index tracks state efforts to connect education from preschool through postsecondary education and training and the results are available in Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career, Connecting American Education From Birth to Adulthood, produced by Education Week with support from the Pew Center on the States. The report is available online at http://www.edweek.org/go/qc07.

National Gardening Association Invites Entries for the Youth Garden Grants Program.  U.S. schools and community organizations with new or established outdoor garden programs for youth between the ages of 3 and 18 will be awarded gift cards valued at up to $500 for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies.  Deadline: November 1, 2007.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is soliciting applications for the Nature of Learning Grant Program.  Grants of up to $10,000 are available for collaborations, standards-based programs, stewardship projects, and community-based projects. 

Death Valley National Park and Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge have created a curriculum-based program for Nevada’s 3rd and 4th grade teachers:  “The World of the Small – Pupfish”.  Contact Christina Nalen, Education Specialist, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (775/372-5435) or Nancy Hadlock, Education, Specialist, Death Valley National Park (760/786-3226).