University of Baltimore/ Center for Community Technology Services
$40,000 / 2008 / Education
For the purchase of computers, training, and support of the LATCH (Let’s All Take Computers Home) technology program in five Baltimore City public schools: Baltimore Freedom Academy, Collington Square, Southwest Baltimore Charter, City Springs, and General Wolfe. Each school will identify 25 families to receive a computer, printer, software, Internet access, and computer maintenance service. Parents attend workshops to learn basic skills and how to help students with computer-based homework.
University of Maryland Baltimore County
$18,151 / 2008 / Education
In continuing support of an evaluation of the Core Knowledge Preschool Program at St. Vincent de Paul Southeast Head Start centers. The evaluation measures the effectiveness of the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence in the areas of language development and early literacy, math reasoning and number sense, social skills, visual arts, music, and readiness to learn. The sample of Southeast Head Start Center children, 70 percent of whom are Spanish speaking, will be compared with a control group, half of whom are Hispanic. Once the children enter kindergarten, follow-up studies will track the academic progress of the two groups.
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
For continued support of programs designed to integrate the arts into the curriculum of Maryland’s public schools.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$35,000 / 2007 / Education
For continued funding of the Supporting Public Schools of Choice initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to provide support for Baltimore City’s charter schools striving to meet their goals. Through the creation of an active network of charter school leaders and principals, the project will foster effective governance for charter schools, help develop funding sources, strengthen instructional delivery for special education students, and put in place long-range facilities management plans.
Baltimore City College Alumni Association
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
Toward support of the 2007-2008 Speech and Debate Program.