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Education Funding Remained Flat in 2011, Report Finds
A new report from Grantmakers in Education suggests that while philanthropic support for education in 2011 was flat on a year-over-year basis, education funders became more strategic in their grantmaking. According to GFE's annual benchmarking report, more than 100 of the 184 grantmaking organizations surveyed (56 percent) said their giving for education initiatives was about the same in 2011 as in 2010, while one-third anticipated they would end up giving more and 7 percent said they would end up giving less. The report's findings also suggest that funders have been targeting hot-button and emerging initiatives such as teacher quality and preparation, commons standards and assessment, and development and STEM-focused initiatives.
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Recent Education News from Philanthropy News Digest
Four Universities Receive $2.4 Million From Kern Family Foundation
Race to the Top-Early Learning Grant Winners Face Challenges
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $700,000 in Grants to Help Close Achievement Gap in Mathematics
USC Ramps Up Campaign to Raise $6 Billion
Hong Kong Businessman Awards $15 Million to UC Berkeley
Sam Houston State University Receives $25 Million for Engineering, Technology Programs
Weinberg Foundation Commits Additional $5 Million to Scholarship Program
Adrian College Receives $20 Million Bequest
Funding Opportunities
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Invites Applications for Dissertation Fellowships in Education
Educators Invited to Apply for United States Holocaust Museum Teacher Fellowship Program
Muzak Heart and Soul Foundation Invites Applications From Music Education Programs for Music Matters Grant Program
Jenzabar Foundation Invites Nominations for University Student Leadership Awards in Community Service
Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education Launch Fourth Annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge for K-12 Students
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Principals as Leaders
Based on a decade of studies and projects funded by the Wallace Foundation, a new report has identified five key practices that are central to effective school leadership. According to The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning (20 pages, PDF), they practices are: shaping a vision of academic success for all students; creating a climate hospitable to education; cultivating leadership in others; improving instructional practices among the faculty; and managing people, data, and processes to foster school improvement. The report also notes that principals need the support of state and district officials in order to be effective and argues that while school leaders cannot transform failing schools by themselves, there is little chance a school can be transformed without effective leadership from the principal.
Download the report (20 pages, PDF).
Colorado School Grades
Developed in late 2011 by a coalition of foundations, nonprofits, and community-based organizations working in partnership with the Center for Education Policy Analysis at the University of Colorado Denver,
Colorado School Grades
is an online platform designed to provide school performance information to parents, students, and school staff looking to make informed decisions about the open enrollment process adopted by a number of school districts in the state. Visitors to the site can compare public schools by grade (A through F); learn about top-rated elementary, middle, and high schools; participate in local school reform efforts; and sign up to receive electronic updates. The site is also available in Spanish.
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