The Baraka School, Inc.
$472,052 / 2001 / Education
Toward operating expenses for the 2001-2002 school year. The boarding school, located in Kenya, provides a residential academic program for 21 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle-school boys.
Baltimore City Public School System/Baltimore City College
$44,847 / 2001 / Education
For support of the 2001-2002 Speech and Debate Program, including field trips to colleges; and for a summer camp component.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$500,000 / 2001 / Education
For the continuation of The Baraka School residential program for the 2002-2003 school year.
Baltimore City Public School System/Edgecombe Circle Elementary School
$42,676 / 2001 / Education
In support of the Bridges to Learning Program for the 2001-2002 school year. The program consists of individualized assessments of students’ cognitive and perceptual learning abilities and individualized plans for remediation based on the Structure of Intellect model of intelligence.
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.