Gates Foundation (education) grants since 1998
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Achievement Network (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To increase high-need student achievement by expanding a data-driven model to new schools within current networks, validate the impact of the model on achievement through formal evaluation, and share the model for implementation by more schools
Achieving the Dream, Inc. (Amount: $999,550)
Description: To support capacity building efforts
Advancement Through Opportunity and Knowledge Incorporated (Amount: $729,916)
Description: To fund a district-wide expansion, evaluation, and preparation for state-wide scale up of EPP, a promising service model designed to improve the academic outcomes and college enrollment of foster youth
Albuquerque Public Schools (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To develop an implementation plan for the Common Core State Standards
Alliance For Education, Inc. (Amount: $300,013)
Description: To create stakeholder buy-in at the teacher and principal level on the teacher effectiveness elements of Louisiana's Race to the Top application
Alliance for Education (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support the establishment of Philanthropic Partnership for Public Education Fund III
Alliance for Education (Amount: $30,000)
Description: To support strategic communications assistance, expert analysis, and community engagement activities related to the issue of teacher quality in Seattle Public Schools
Alliance for Education (Amount: $6,000)
Description: To support a delegation of Seattle Public School district officials to meet with the administration in Denver for 'best practices'
Alliance for Education (Amount: $110,610)
Description: To support essential organizational functions and programs for which there is no dedicated funding source, including Teacher Effectiveness, College Access and Success, Community Schools Planning, and Grants Management and Project Oversight
Alliance for Excellent Education Inc. (Amount: $3,200,004)
Description: To support an advocacy, communications, and policy development initiative promoting federal high school policy reform and participation as a member of the Campaign for High School Equity
Amarillo Area Foundation Inc. (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support a coordinated community partnership to increase postsecondary completion rates
American Federation Of Teachers Educational Foundation (Amount: $3,867,298)
Description: To support the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund and the union's teacher development and evaluation programs
American Federation Of Teachers Educational Foundation (Amount: $217,200)
Description: For conference support
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Amount: $168,755)
Description: To commission papers and convene a working conference to document the educational reforms in NYC to inform future educational improvement efforts in the city
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To explore the effects of state student aid programs on completion
Americas Promise-The Alliance For Youth (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To drive a state-level K-12 advocacy agenda, specifically incorporating clear, consistent standards as key to graduating high school ready for college and careers
Arizona Charter Schools Association (Amount: $200,000)
Description: For general operating support
Arkansas Department of Higher Education (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: For technical assistance for states
Aspen Institute Inc (Amount: $2,000,000)
Description: To support a project to increase economic opportunities for low-income families
Association of Community College Trustees (Amount: $51,535)
Description: To embark on a major educational and engagement summit designed to strengthen the awareness and resolve of key stakeholders and decision makers regarding the urgent need for evidence-based college-level interventions fostering student completion
Athabasca University (Amount: $10,000)
Description: For conference support
Atlanta Public Schools (Amount: $9,642,436)
Description: To build the necessary capacity, processes, and tools that will lay a strong foundation to accelerate the district's human capital reform work
Battelle For Kids (Amount: $124,757)
Description: To improve understanding around the use of value-added analysis for educational improvement
Battelle Memorial Institute (Amount: $5,226,127)
Description: To finalize designs and implement STEM network in NC, NY, CA, and WA; fortify the STEM network in TX; implement an interstate network comprising them; and provide support for implementation of an effective teaching initiative in NM
Bellwether Education Partners, Inc. (Amount: $809,467)
Description: To support a national teacher leaders fellowship program
Boston Public Schools (Amount: $497,684)
Description: To support district-wide CCSS adoption planning and implementation
Brown University (Amount: $3,243,431)
Description: To identify the most promising early warning systems in the country, support this development from a focus on high school graduation to college-readiness, and test their effectiveness through empirical research
CAST, Inc. (Amount: $499,783)
Description: To develop and implement whole school universal design learning model using technology enabled tools to improve literacy skills for secondary students
CELT Corporation (Amount: $350,000)
Description: To convene district and school-level educators to determine local user requirements and develop a framework of recommended minimum features and functionality for instructional improvement data systems
California Charter Schools Association (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: For general operating support
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Amount: $4,409,433)
Description: To develop two alternative pathways, Quantway and Statway, through pre-college and college mathematics that will decrease time in developmental mathematics and will support student success in academic and career pursuits
Center for Education Reform (Amount: $275,000)
Description: To support development of a new awareness tool, 'The Bullpen,' that will offer and analyze real time education news
Center for Energy Workforce Development (Amount: $1,370,000)
Description: To synch education-career pathways between employers and community colleges (in concurrent postsecondary credential attainment and career attachment), creating additional learn and earn opportunities for students in several states
Center for Inspired Teaching (Amount: $1,293,000)
Description: To support implementation of the Literacy Design Collaborative tools with DC teachers
Center for Teaching Quality, Inc. (Amount: $395,836)
Description: To support the Implementing Common Core Standards (ICCS) pilot project
Center for Teaching Quality, Inc. (Amount: $2,577,857)
Description: To support the development of a high-functioning well-informed, online community of young teacher leaders
Center for the Study of Community Colleges (Amount: $50,000)
Description: To support a research project
Change the Equation Inc (Amount: $900,000)
Description: To design, develop, and implement a 'scorecard' on state STEM education programs, to include information on input, process and output leverage points in STEM education that lead to college-ready outcomes for students across a state
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To engage the education stakeholder community in support of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools strategic plan
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Amount: $214,808)
Description: To develop Literacy Design Collaborative expert teachers and develop courses and models in middle school grades
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Amount: $150,834)
Description: To develop teaching measures to complement value-added data while helping teachers understand the new measures
Charter Fund Inc dba Charter School Growth Fund (Amount: $12,500,000)
Description: To support an investment pool to fund emerging hybrid learning models and ongoing research in select districts
City and County of San Francisco (Amount: $3,022,965)
Description: To support implementation of a coordinated community partnership project to increase postsecondary completion rates
City of Mesa (Amount: $2,415,053)
Description: To support implementation of a coordinated community partnership project to increase postsecondary completion rates
Cleveland Metropolitan School District (Amount: $497,752)
Description: To support an Action Plan to implement a year of planning in preparation for new Common Core State Standards
College Entrance Examination Board (Amount: $10,000)
Description: To support a research project
Colorado Education Initiative (Amount: $1,747,441)
Description: To support Colorado reform agenda with a focus on building systems to identify, support, place, and retain effective teachers
Commission on Hispanic Affairs (Amount: $213,000)
Description: To support the increase of the Hispanic voice in education reform
Committee for Economic Development (Amount: $1,532,181)
Description: To improve understanding of postsecondary education challenges and advance policy reforms
Communities Foundation of Texas (Amount: $1,579,999)
Description: To scale college ready reforms in Texas through large urban district, regional, and charter networks
Communities Foundation of Texas (Amount: $1,997,426)
Description: To support a college-ready and post-secondary completion agenda in Texas
Corporate Voices for Working Families Inc (Amount: $1,586,744)
Description: To support partnership of employers and community colleges in order to expand current, and adopt new, Learn and Earn models that allow working students to pursue postsecondary credentials in accelerated, competency-based, flexible pathway programs
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To identify and amplify 'teacher voice' to help ensure teachers are in the center of the dialogue on teacher accountability
Council Of The Great City Schools (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support the development of a cross-sector proposal to pilot test the new common core standards in a set of selected cities
Council of Chief State School Officers (Amount: $64,628)
Description: To assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications
Council of State Governments (Amount: $399,953)
Description: To support a series of conferences that will educate policymakers and leaders on the topic of common core standards
Council on Postsecondary Education (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
Cristo Rey Network (Amount: $556,006)
Description: To support Cristo Rey's implementation of the Common Core standards across its network of schools, and to provide bridge financing at the Cristo Rey Network Center Office in implementing the next phase of the Education Enrichment Initiative
Cristo Rey Network (Amount: $139,438)
Description: To support next stage of joint planning work resulting from DC meeting to share ideas and resources around student supports for college completion
Dallas Independent School District (Amount: $951,293)
Description: To participate in the Measures of Effective Teaching project, research related to the support of effective teaching practices
DePaul University (Amount: $2,641,217)
Description: To support the continued development of the Digital Youth Network - digitalyouthnetwork.org, and the Affinity Learning Model
Delta Project on Postsecondary Cost Productivity and Accountability (Amount: $399,970)
Description: To support a series of white papers and meetings with state policymakers on key drivers in higher education costs now and proposals for how to better align cost structures and funding with degree completion
Denver Public Schools (Amount: $10,000,000)
Description: To accelerate the district's human capital reform by implementing an aligned teacher performance management system based on research findings from the measures of effective teaching project with student achievement and growth at its core
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc (Amount: $42,186)
Description: To support development of a proposal to bring proven practices from the charter or nonprofit sector into the traditional education sector and to enable more cross-sector collaboration between charters and districts
Downtown Community Television Center (Amount: $130,000)
Description: To elevate the profile of community college students through video shorts
E Line Ventures LLC (Amount: $1,544,748)
Description: To help build the emerging field of game-based learning
Education Commission of the States (Amount: $799,221)
Description: To support awareness building among key stakeholders around postsecondary goals and objectives and P-20 rationale for the Common Core State Standards
Education Trust Inc (Amount: $8,300,000)
Description: For general operating support
Education Trust Inc (Amount: $1,060,000)
Description: To support a group of major university and community college system heads to build better data systems, financial aid policies, and student support services
Educause (Amount: $16,743,022)
Description: To launch a multi-year, multi-wave 'open challenge' program intended to accelerate the testing and early scale of breakthrough technology-enabled learning solutions to persistent barriers to low-income learners' college readiness and completion
Educause (Amount: $437,451)
Description: To assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications
Educurious Partners (Amount: $1,989,360)
Description: To design, produce, test, and disseminate fully developed next-generation high school courses, a fully operational technology delivery platform, and a completely developed mentor social network
Executive Office of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Amount: $650,000)
Description: To support the establishment of Innovation Schools in two types of districts in Massachusetts, those that include both higher- and lower-performing schools
Florida Association of District School Superintendents (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To influence the development and implementation of the best possible education practices in the school districts of Florida
Florida Virtual School (Amount: $626,327)
Description: To develop Common Core Standards-based courses in literacy and math that are contextualized within disciplines, such as engineering or the natural sciences
Forsyth County Schools (Amount: $151,200)
Description: To develop 'Plug and Play' writing modules for grades 6-12 - English, Science, and Social Studies aligned to the Common Core State Standards/Georgia Performance Standards
Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc. (Amount: $501,485)
Description: To launch the Digital Learning Council in an effort to bring digital learning to every school, every classroom, and every child
Foundation for the Carolinas (Amount: $77,625)
Description: To support a coordinated community partnership to increase postsecondary completion rates
Foundation of the Academic Senate for California Community College (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $293,344)
Description: To support operational planning for New York City's Department of Education's Innovation Zone
Fund for Public Schools Inc (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To support the School of One team in further developing the technology to drive its student and learning management system
GameDesk Inc. (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To develop and launch a pilot school model focused on using games and digital authorship in education
Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $25,000)
Description: For general operating support
Guaranteach (Amount: $475,077)
Description: To enrich teaching and to determine whether the use of short-form instructional videos will increase engagement and student achievement
Harvard University (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To create an endowed fellowship for the Doctorate of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard University (Amount: $224,030)
Description: To provide project support for Education Next's Charter Initiative
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Amount: $140,000)
Description: To convene a consortium of district and union leaders to discuss effective teaching strategies
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Amount: $354,993)
Description: To develop Literacy Design Collaborative expert teachers and develop middle school courses
Houston Independent School District (Amount: $1,500,000)
Description: To support the implementation of the district's human capital transformation strategies
Idea Public Schools (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To create an end-to-end human capital pipeline, which will develop a permanent and sustainable capacity to recruit, select, onboard, evaluate, reward, support, train, and retain teachers and school leaders
Illinois Institute of Technology (Amount: $1,144,856)
Description: To support the development of an interest network platform
Indiana Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
Institute For Higher Education Policy (Amount: $550,000)
Description: To support a broad based coalition including labor, business, entertainment, and education leaders that will highlight the urgency of increasing college completion rates
Institute for College Access and Success (Amount: $100,970)
Description: To support a financial aid delivery project
Institute for Women's Policy Research (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support a single parents policy, research, and practitioner network
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (Amount: $30,000)
Description: To support the annual Big Ideas Fest event
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (Amount: $650,000)
Description: To plan a community of practice and knowledge management system to connect our grantees to us, one another, and resources that are critical to the strategy
Internationals Network For Public Schools Inc (Amount: $74,900)
Description: To support the development of a cross-sector plan that represents a new level of collaboration between the Internationals School Network, National Council of La Raza, and one or more districts, including NYCDOE
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $292,594)
Description: To educate North Carolina policymakers about the low rates of postsecondary completion in the state
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $2,500,000)
Description: To support the uptake of a proficiency-based pathways policy set by focusing on Instate, National, and Federal work
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $10,933,499)
Description: To create effective pathways to college and careers for adult learners using evidence-based instructional and organizational models
Jobs for the Future Inc. (Amount: $2,500,000)
Description: To support the uptake of a proficiency-based pathways policy set by focusing on Instate, National, and Federal work
Khan Academy Inc. (Amount: $1,464,667)
Description: To provide general operating support, expanding Khan Academy's leadership and staff capacity to map Khan Academy content to the Common Core high school standards, improve assessments, and enhance the user interface
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (Amount: $505,533)
Description: To develop and pilot science and social studies Literacy Design Collaborative modules
Leading Educators Inc (Amount: $1,370,000)
Description: To train and retain teacher leaders in high needs schools
League For Innovation in the Community College (Amount: $50,000)
Description: For conference support
League For Innovation in the Community College (Amount: $362,128)
Description: To support a digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications
League For Innovation in the Community College (Amount: $140,014)
Description: To assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications
League For Innovation in the Community College (Amount: $50,000)
Description: For conference support
Louisiana Department of Education (Amount: $286,600)
Description: To support Louisiana's Non-Tested Grades and Subjects Initiative
Louisiana Department of Education (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To enable the Louisiana Department of Education to build expertise in teacher recruitment, selection, placement and performance management in the broader population of SEA staff regional offices, district leaders
MDC, Inc. (Amount: $2,566,299)
Description: To support technical assistance work with communities in the South to form sustainable local partnerships aimed at increasing postsecondary completion rates
MDRC (Amount: $168,691)
Description: To support a research project
MDRC (Amount: $1,279,577)
Description: To support a financial aid delivery project
Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Inc. (Amount: $151,431)
Description: To undertake an objective analysis of the Common Core State Standards and the MA State Standards in literacy and math
Mastery Charter High School (Amount: $1,798,818)
Description: To develop a scalable innovative professional development model based on Mastery Charter School's effective teaching measures and teacher evaluation, using technology to provide real time feedback, coaching and teacher supports
MetaMetrics, Inc. (Amount: $3,468,005)
Description: To further develop an interactive, online tool that focuses on literacy in the Common Core State Standards
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation (Amount: $330,000)
Description: To build on success of initial 'action analytics' - using data to improve college and university performance - to enable the leaders of this movement to continue meeting, draw in interested institutions, and define an agenda for their growth
Mobilizing America's Youth Inc (Amount: $600,000)
Description: To convene summits that bring together young people to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face individually and as a community, to increasing college completion, and to create solutions to the problems identified
NBCUniversal Media, LLC (Amount: $2,033,500)
Description: To support the National Education Summit
NCB Capital Impact (Amount: $959,373)
Description: To oversee and administer a program related investment to help Aspire Public Schools and potentially other charter management organizations access affordable tax-exempt bond financing
NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (Amount: $38,420)
Description: To support an in-person meeting of the Planning Committee of the NEA Foundation Institute for Local Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Nashville Public Education Foundation (Amount: $52,328)
Description: To formalize a network of the big urban districts in Tennessee for implementation of Math Assessment for Learning, Literacy by Design, and National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data
National Alliance For Public Charter Schools (Amount: $4,000,000)
Description: To support the Alliance's strategic direction for 2010-2012 to address quality, growth and sustainability in the charter sector
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (Amount: $300,000)
Description: For general operating support
National Center on Education & the Economy (Amount: $3,200,000)
Description: To support a project to expand board examination systems
National Writing Project (Amount: $549,489)
Description: To develop literacy instructional tools for middle and high school students
Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $1,750,000)
Description: To identify and fund local education agencies and networks to advance acceleration tools in proficiency-based pathways environments
New Mexico Business Roundtable for Educational Excellence (Amount: $5,000)
Description: To sponsor the Land of Enchantment State Business Roundtable Executives Conference in New Mexico
New Teacher Center (Amount: $198,704)
Description: To provide technical assistance and professional development regarding the teacher working conditions survey
New Technology Network, LLC (Amount: $2,112,080)
Description: To build and develop pilots for professional development supports and tools in a hybrid, blended or online school environment
New Visions for Public Schools, Inc (Amount: $8,149,935)
Description: To support the Common Core/Career and College initiative (C4) effort designed to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness through key strategies
New York Charter Schools Association Inc (Amount: $204,988)
Description: To engage classroom teachers directly in public discussions about education policy
New York City Charter School Center (Amount: $950,000)
Description: For general operating support
New York City Outward Bound Center Inc (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support a series of structured and professionally-facilitated sessions for educators that promote the exchange of ideas and cross-organizational learning, focused on organizational sustainability and sharing of successful practices
New York University (Amount: $40,282)
Description: To convene leaders in education and commercial gaming, develop game standards for developers, and improve games as learning vehicles by aligning Common Core Standards, design principles, and assessment
North American Council for Online Learning (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support a national Proficiency-Based Pathways Learning Convening
North American Council for Online Learning (Amount: $64,628)
Description: To assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications
North Carolina State University (Amount: $99,983)
Description: To support a coordinated community partnership to increase postsecondary completion rates
Ohio Board of Regents (Amount: $667,404)
Description: To increase the educational attainment and earnings potential of lower-income working young adults
Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy (Amount: $150,000)
Description: To support education reform efforts that amplify higher education success and completion for all Ohio students
Pennsylvania Business Council Education Foundation (Amount: $5,000)
Description: To support the Job Readiness 'Summit', a one-day gathering devoted to strengthening and improving Pennsylvania education and job training through discussion and consensus building among Pennsylvania governmental, business, and NGO leaders
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Amount: $526,960)
Description: To implement the Common Core State Standards in Pennsylvania districts
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Amount: $768,794)
Description: To support Pennsylvania Teacher Evaluation Model Development
Pollinate Ventures (Amount: $19,490)
Description: To seed the start-up and work of a new social venture fund committed to transforming U.S. education through investments in tools, technologies and the development of a limited number of hybrid or blended learning laboratories
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (Amount: $125,962)
Description: To fund several showcases of math and literacy tools across Kentucky districts and key constituents
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (Amount: $47,902)
Description: To support the continued involvement of the Prichard Committee in the Mathematics Assessment for Learning district collaborative
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (Amount: $291,070)
Description: To develop Literacy Design Collaborative expert teachers, develop courses in Kenton County, and build Literacy Design Collaborative understanding in other districts
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (Amount: $100,000)
Description: To support an outreach campaign
Prince George's County Public Schools (Amount: $2,204,629)
Description: To support further refinement and implementation of a new teacher evaluation system
Public Broadcasting Service (Amount: $499,997)
Description: To create Digital Learning Objects (DLOs) that enhance middle school mathematics achievement
Public Education Network (Amount: $3,000,000)
Description: To implement a strategic plan focused on increasing minority and low-income student graduation rates and college and career readiness
Purdue University (Amount: $1,432,263)
Description: To further develop the Purdue Online Writing Lab and align its resources to the Common Core State Standards
Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amount: $19,000)
Description: To convene partner institutions in the Smart Scholars Early College High School Network
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (Amount: $3,016,874)
Description: To support implementation of a coordinated community partnership project to increase postsecondary completion rates
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (Amount: $2,102,230)
Description: To find evidence for effective interventions to support the strategic goal of building early momentum by testing if students maintain a steady, progressive pace through the first year of college they are more likely to complete a credential
Riverside Community College District (Amount: $3,029,582)
Description: To support implementation of a coordinated community partnership project to increase postsecondary completion rates
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (Amount: $255,150)
Description: To support planning to improve California postsecondary attainment rates
Rodel Charitable Foundation DE (Amount: $27,945)
Description: To produce and disseminate a report that describes the work of Delaware and Tennessee to carry out their Race to the Top plans and what can be learned to help states that win second-round grants
SEED Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $75,970)
Description: To support the development of a cross-sector plan that represent new levels of collaboration between one or more districts and the SEED School, a leading CMO in Washington D.C., and Baltimore
Saint Paul Public Schools (Amount: $499,989)
Description: To translate a common set of content standards into meaningful classroom practices that improve student performance and college readiness
School District of Philadelphia (Amount: $500,000)
Description: To support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment
SchoolSeed Foundation (Amount: $150,000)
Description: To disseminate Memphis City Schools' progress and lessons learned regarding current teacher effectiveness work and to access other practitioners' insights about their work
Seattle Foundation (Amount: $1,966,937)
Description: To implement Adult Basic Education and community-based organization pathways to college completion in Washington state
Southeastern Council of Foundations, Inc. (Amount: $7,500)
Description: To support a pre-conference session at the Southeastern Council of Foundations' Annual Meeting for secondary and post-secondary education funders to share learnings
Southern Regional Education Board (Amount: $244,924)
Description: To support a planning process that identifies potential work to support states and districts in the development and use of teacher support tools
Stand for Children Leadership Center (Amount: $3,476,300)
Description: To support education reforms, training, technical assistance, and tools designed to increase teacher effectiveness
Stanford University (Amount: $1,432,966)
Description: To support a project to bring together a diverse group of postsecondary researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine the public policies that shape incentives for postsecondary institutions. Stanford University will develop a series of white papers on institutional practices and promote and distribute findings. All papers will build awareness and engage partners specifically at an institutional and policy-making level around effective strategies to scale and implement to reduce cost and increase quality of postsecondary education.
Teach for America, Inc. (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To support the 20th Anniversary Summit
Teach for America, Inc. (Amount: $150,000)
Description: To support Teach For America in Albuquerque, collaborating with Albuquerque Public Schools around teacher development and alumni leadership opportunities, and lowering barriers to school leadership
Tennessee Association of Business Foundation (Amount: $274,500)
Description: To develop and implement a statewide effort of business leaders and employers to champion the need for increased college completion rates
Tennessee Board of Regents (Amount: $96,640)
Description: To support a plan to increase college attainment rates significantly in Tennessee
Tennessee Board of Regents (Amount: $200,000)
Description: To support efforts to improve Tennessee's statewide community college system
Tennessee Higher Education Commission (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (Amount: $75,000)
Description: For general operating support
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (Amount: $300,250)
Description: To support a statewide advocacy coalition on teacher effectiveness and college readiness
Texas Charter Schools Association (Amount: $650,000)
Description: For general operating support
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
The University of the State of New York (Amount: $892,500)
Description: To support planning for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in New York State
Trustees of Indiana University (Amount: $195,967)
Description: To support further development and scaling of Atlantis Remixed - an online, multi-player, game-based learning environment
Tulsa Public Schools (Amount: $1,500,000)
Description: To support the development of a fair and reliable evaluation tool to identify effective teachers
U.S. Education Delivery Institute, Inc. (Amount: $3,249,835)
Description: To support the launch of the United States Education Delivery Institute, a new organization dedicated to building public education capacity to implement plans to increase college readiness and post secondary completion rates nationally
United Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation Inc. (Amount: $30,250)
Description: To fund a teacher professional development project that will utilize video to create a portfolio of professional practice, enhance practice and align professional development with the needs of educators
United Way of Southern Cameron County (Amount: $99,935)
Description: To support a coordinated community partnership to increase postsecondary completion rates
University System of Georgia Foundation, Inc. (Amount: $250,000)
Description: To provide the Alliance of Education Agency Heads in Georgia with capacity building and strategy support
University of Georgia (Amount: $370,938)
Description: To support NSC curriculum build-out for Georgia district trainings
University of Puget Sound (Amount: $10,000)
Description: To support the 2010 National Race & Pedagogy Conference
University of Washington (Amount: $600,000)
Description: To support ongoing research on the most prominent portfolio districts, which include New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Denver, and DC, and a national network of districts that are adopting all or key parts of the portfolio strategy
Uplift Education (Amount: $75,000)
Description: To support the development of a cross-sector plan that represents new levels of collaboration between Uplift, a high-performing CMO, and Dallas ISD, along with other partners
Washington Regional Association Of Grantmakers (Amount: $10,500)
Description: To support Washington Regional Association Of Grantmakers through annual membership dues
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Amount: $1,000,000)
Description: To support state efforts to significantly increase college completion and close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations
WestEd (Amount: $400,000)
Description: To expand the Reading Apprenticeship model of academic literacy instruction with English Language Learners
Western Governors University (Amount: $750,000)
Description: To charter a new postsecondary education institution
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Amount: $1,500,000)
Description: To support state efforts in establishing and using longitudinal data systems and to prepare projections of high school graduates for key stakeholders
Worcester Public Schools (Amount: $312,266)
Description: To participate in Literacy Design Collaborative and support related module development, teacher professional development, project coordination, and research and validation work