Past Grants

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

For support of the Educational Funders Affinity Group.

Baltimore City Public Schools – City Neighbors Charter School

In support of the development of a new charter high school, now serving 180 ninth- and tenth-grade students. Based on the progressive model charter school, the City Neighbors High School features the independent project-based learning and advisory system called PODS (groups of 15 students) that meet and work with a teacher for 90 minutes in their own workspaces. PODS were designed to provide leadership development and mentoring for academic skills and work habits.

Baltimore City Public Schools – National Academic League

For support of the 2011-2012 National Academic League (NAL) in 28 Baltimore City public middle schools, involving up to 675 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students, in a year-long scholastic extracurricular activity. The NAL games are designed to function as competitive events, with team coaching after school two to three times a week under the guidance of teachers. Interscholastic competitions are held every two weeks. Teams that place first and second go on to compete nationally through video conferencing. The purpose is to bring the visibility and spirit of school rivalry of sports competition to academic competition.

Baltimore City Public Schools – National Academy Foundation High School

For the purchase of 30 NOOK eReaders for the 11th-grade English class, to encourage reading e-books inside and outside of school.

Baltimore City Public Schools – Southwest Baltimore Charter School

Toward implementation of the Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment system. MAP, in order to assess students’ progress throughout the year, offers individualized computerized tests to measure strengths, weaknesses, and growth. The goal is to increase the percentage of students achieving year-to-year improvement on the Maryland State Assessments.