Past Grants

Core Knowledge Foundation

For support of the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence in four Baltimore City Head Start Centers for the 2006-2007 school year. The initiative will provide training and leadership development for teachers, and educational resources and supplies for students. Programming includes the teaching of English as a Second Language and the development of a three-year external evaluation.

Stadium School Youth Dreamers, Inc.

Toward renovation costs of 1430 Carswell Street to be used as a youth-run, after-school youth center in the Waverly/Coldstream-Homestead- Montebello communities. The center will provide a safe place for children to take enrichment classes after school, to be tutored, and build positive relationships with adults in the neighborhood.

Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS)/Early Identification and Intervention Project

Three-year funding for planning and implementation of the BCPSS Early Identification and Intervention Project at Barclay Elementary/Middle School and Edgewood Elementary School. Thirty low-performing students who are in need of a core language/literacy development program will be identified. State-of-the-art practices will be integrated into an intervention program. The success of these efforts will be measured by the percentage of students who achieve grade-level performance at the end of the first grade, and the reduction in the number of students requiring special education for reading-related disabilities.

The Ingenuity Project

In support of the 2005-2006 Ingenuity Project, an intensive math and science curriculum for 464 Baltimore City public elementary, middle, and high school students. Its purpose is to identify and develop nationally competitive math, science, and engineering students. In an effort to expand middle school enrollment, Ingenuity opened a program at Mt. Royal Elementary/Middle School in fall of 2005.

Baltimore City Public School System/The Midtown Academy

Toward the support of facility-related expenses for the 2005-2006 school year. The Midtown Academy is a K-8 “new school” formed by a coalition of parents and teachers in the Reservoir Hill and Bolton Hill neighborhoods. In addition to its basic curriculum, the school offers art, music, Spanish, and physical education.