Longview Elementary Second Grade Teachers Paige Clark and Trina Evans were frustrated with all the jumbled-up and broken headphone cords they were dealing with. In fact, too much of their time was wasted on resolving these entanglements.

Thankfully, there was a solution in the form of Murray Education Foundation teacher grants. Through a simple request, Paige and Trina were able to acquire funding to purchase better-quality headphones. Now they and their students are spending more time learning and dealing with fewer annoying barriers to learning.

Sometimes the small and simple things can make a huge difference in learning. Even though the grants are small, they are powerful tools for teachers to make an audible difference in student growth.