Past Grants

Fund for Educational Excellence

For the development of a strategy to recruit and train Baltimore City public secondary school math teachers for the 2006-2007 school year.

Fund for Educational Excellence

For continued support of Math Works, designed to develop a professional training model for third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade math teachers in Baltimore City. The training will utilize workshops, electronic textbooks, and state-of-the-art practices.

Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)

For the salary of a part-time coordinator to oversee five EOP sites and facilitators. Each facilitator, working with 50 students, provides support to ensure that each student graduates from high school. The coordinator will monitor student progress and provide training for facilitators.

Educational Opportunity Program

To provide two facilitators to mentor 50 students each at the two new Southwestern High Schools; and for support of a third facilitator with responsibility for increasing the high school graduation rate of students from the former Baraka School.

Core Knowledge Foundation

For continued implementation of the five-year demonstration project of the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence in all Baltimore County Head Start Centers. The professional development and provision of resource and training materials in literacy, math, science, social skills, music, and art are intended to improve the quality of students’ achievement and increase the percentage of Head Start students deemed ready for kindergarten.