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.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
$123,000 / 2000 / Education
To provide scholarships enabling Choice and other Baltimore City public school at-risk students to attend parochial schools in Baltimore City during the 2000-2001 school year. By participating in this model delinquency and dropout prevention program, these students are expected to benefit from smaller classes, one-on-one instruction, and a structured educational setting.
Baltimore City Public School System/Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
$5,000 / 2000 / Education
To provide teachers’ stipends for participation in Moving America Maryland, a cross-curriculum dance program in five public schools sponsored by Towson University’s Department of Dance.
Maryland State Department of Education
$150,000 / 2000 / Education
Additional funding for an evaluation of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), administered annually to all Maryland public school students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
$54,017 / 2000 / Education
To provide scholarships for Baltimore City public school students to attend Catholic parochial schools. The initiative is designed to compare the effectiveness of a Catholic school education against a public school education among at-risk inner-city students. The funds will underwrite the cost of the fifth year of an eight-year study.