Past Grants

CollegeBound Foundation, Inc.

For the development and implementation of Summer Melt, a text message intervention for Baltimore City high school graduates.

Teach For America-Baltimore

For expenses related to the cost of recruiting, selecting, training, and ongoing support for Teach For America (TFA) corps members, as well as the development of TFA alumni for leadership positions in Baltimore City public schools for the 2013-2014 school year.

ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.

Two-year funding for continued support of the Baltimore City Education Reform Project, designed to maintain and secure equitable and adequate state and city education funding for all children in Maryland, with particular focus on disadvantaged children. The agenda calls for the reinstitution of the inflation factor in the budget, advocacy for full-day pre-K programs for poor children, interventions designed to increase attendance, and lower suspension rates. The ACLU will also monitor Baltimore City Public Schools to ensure that management and funding reforms translate into effective educational programming and that there is increased family participation in free and reduced-price meal programs.

Dyslexia Tutoring Program

Toward support of tutoring services for up to 125 low-income children attending Baltimore City Public Schools. Students receive up to 60 hours of weekly, hour-long, one-on-one reading instruction based on the Orton Gillingham reading methodology. The program offers eight in-service workshops for teachers representing 25 Title l schools, and is currently training 110 tutors.

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Toward continued support of the Music Teacher Mentoring Program for first- and second-year music teachers in Baltimore City public elementary and middle schools. Three mentors will give one-on-one mentoring in lesson planning, curriculum development, sequential delivery of lessons, teaching of rhythm, tone, instrument care, and classroom management strategies.