Baltimore City Public School System/Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
$5,000 / 2003 / Education
For support of the Write Place Writing Center, a writing and arts program, for the 2003-2004 school year.
Saint Frances Academy
$8,400 / 2003 / Education
In support of covering costs for eight remaining male students experiencing homelessness in the Father Joubert boarding program at St. Frances Academy.
Baltimore Curriculum Project, Inc.
$578,600 / 2003 / Education
For the implementation of the Baltimore Curriculum Project for the 2003-2004 school year. The project provides planning and management oversight of four Baltimore City public schools as part of the New Schools Initiative, offers a combination of Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge curricula and serves as an incubator for pilot strategies.
Teach For America-Baltimore
$100,000 / 2003 / Education
For the continued support of recruitment, training, and professional development for Teach For America Corps members in Baltimore City public schools. These recent college graduates make a two-year commitment and are offered an opportunity to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching at The Johns Hopkins University.
Baraka School, Inc.
$143,900 / 2003 / Education
For expenses to phase out a boarding school for 40 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle school students. The school, located in Kenya, offered a nine-month residential academic program Baraka graduates will continue to be monitored through high school graduation.