Core Knowledge Foundation
$140,750 / 2001 / Education
Planning grant to fund the search for a project director, and for creation of prototypes and related materials for the language arts lesson plans focused on vocabulary. The goal of this project is to reduce the literacy gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.
Baltimore City Public School System/Harford Heights Intermediate School
$5,000 / 2001 / Education
For teacher stipends and expenses to support a music summer camp implementing the Orff Method.
Earthspan/Center for Conservation Research & Technology/University of Maryland Baltimore County
$91,000 / 2001 / Education
For the implementation of Eye of the Falcon, an educational pilot program in math, science and wildlife conservation research within the Ingenuity Project curriculum in Baltimore City public middle schools.
Baltimore City Public School System/Northern High School
$5,000 / 2001 / Education
To provide incentives for 300 students participating in the High School Math Review Program, a four-week summer program.
Fund for Educational Excellence
$10,000 / 2001 / Education
In support of an ongoing evaluation comparing the effects of Catholic education programs and those of the Baltimore City Public School System. A selected number of at-risk inner-city youth will be in the study.