Past Grants

Baltimore City Public School System/Northern High School

To provide incentives for 300 students participating in the High School Math Review Program, a four-week summer program.

Fund for Educational Excellence

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.

Baltimore City Public School System/John Ruhrah Elementary School

For costs of a staff assistant to implement the Bridges to Learning Program, a model for remediation of reading deficits.

Fund for Educational Excellence

Five-year funding in support of a collaborative high school reform initiative in nine zoned Baltimore City high schools and the creation of six to ten “Innovation” small high schools. The objective of this major collaborative is to reduce the drop-out rate and to increase student achievement by improving academic rigor, creating more advanced leadership and raising the level of teaching.

Baltimore City Public School System/Lake Clifton-Eastern High School

For the continuation and expansion of the NOVEL/STARS on-line educational system at Lake Clifton Eastern High School, Francis M. Wood Alternative School and the Fairmount-Harford Alternative School for the 2001-2002 school year. This computerized school-based educational program is designed as a prevention project for students at risk of dropping out of school.