Baltimore City Public School System/Midtown Academy
$80,640 / 2002 / Education
For costs related to the phase-in of the eighth grade at one of the schools created as part of Baltimore City’s New Schools Initiative. The final step of the school’s expansion to a K-8 school includes minor renovations, purchase of classroom furnishings and resource materials, professional development, curriculum planning and fine arts, music and physical education programming.
Baltimore City Public School System/Harbor City Learning Center
$97,000 / 2002 / Education
In support of the Advanced Studies Program, a dual enrollment college program in collaboration with Baltimore City Community College. The Advanced Studies Program will provide students at an alternative high school serving older students, most of whom had been expelled, failed or dropped out of the traditional high schools, with an opportunity to take college-level courses as well as college remedial courses with faculty from Baltimore City Community College.
Baltimore City Public School System/Baltimore City College
$45,313 / 2002 / Education
For continued support of the 2002-2003 Speech and Debate Program that includes the enhancement of a full-time Mock Trial program.
Baltimore City Community College
$28,000 / 2002 / Education
For support of an initiative to improve outcomes of developmental education through the use of Academic Systems, a computer-based educational product designed to accelerate remedial learning. Academic Systems is a faculty mediated approach that combines traditional instructional methods with interactive multi-media software. The goals are to improve the pass and performance rates of a cohort of Baltimore City Community College students enrolled in pilot developmental courses and to increase the college’s retention rate.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
In support of the Education Funders Affinity Group for the 2002-2003 school year.