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The notes from previous programs contain valuable knowledge
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2008
Summer Retreat Summary
The group planned
three sessions for the coming year: "Literacy,"
"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
Education in the Year of Science," and "Birth
through Twenty: Advocacy for All Stages." Robert
Reid was welcomed as a new co-chair for the group, with
Kris Reichmann continuing as co-chair.
Resources
NEW!
Measurement
Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An
Evaluation Resource (8/08)
This recently updated edition from Harvard Family Research
Project describes instruments and tools that you can
obtain and use for on-the-ground program evaluation.
New
Research Shows Academic Promise After School
(2/08)
The James Irvine Foundation has released new research
linking measured student achievement with quality after-school
programming. Findings are based on a two-year evaluation
of CORAL, an eight-year initiative intended to boost
the education performance of low-achieving students
in five California cities. A series of publications
document the results.
Principles
for Effective Education Grantmaking (pdf,
6/05)
Grantmakers for Education released these principles
that cover issues -- from discipline and focus to leverage,
influence and collaboration -- that education grantmakers
need to consider carefully to be most effective and
make an impact as they work to improve educational outcomes.
Education
Policy and the AECF Jobs Initiative (pdf,
4/05)
This Annie E. Casey Foundation
policy briefing discusses how poverty is highly correlated
with low education levels and how poverty decreases
for each year of education beyond high school.
Evaluation
of Abstinence Education Programs
The National Center for Children in Poverty studied
the effect of federal funds to promote abstinence education
in schools.
This
Week in Education
This blog from Chicago education writer Alexander Russo
offers weekly articles and opinions on education initaitives,
in Chicago and across the nation.
Funding
for Elementary and Secondary Education (10/03)
In honor of Funding for Education month in October,
the Foundation Center compiled links to some of the
best elementary and secondary education resources on
the Web.
Leaving
Teachers Behind
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now (ACORN) findings of its survey of the effectiveness
of the "No Child Left Behind Act" to determine
if the new legislation is putting more qualified teachers
into the nation's schools.
Maturing
Investments: Philanthropy and Middle School Reform
(pdf, 4/03)
Grantmakers for Education has released a report that
highlights the achievements of foundations in reforming
public education in grades five through nine, but expresses
concern about the future as prominent grantmakers leave
the field.
NYEC
Education Development Network
The National Youth Employment Coalition convened a working
group of educators, practitioners, policymakers, researchers
and representatives from traditional education systems
and private foundations to identify criteria of effective
practice and to develop a self-assessment tool for the
field.
The
Civic Mission of Schools
(pdf)
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE (the
Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning
and Engagement) joint project summarizes the evidence
in favor of civic education in K-12 schools.
Developing
an Education Technology Agenda for Illinois
The need for state leadership
and innovation on education technology was highlighted
in this paper released by Network 21.
Peacing
it Together
This resource guide includes reviews of youth violence
prevention curricula and information on teen dating
violence, bullying, school violence and gang violence.
Grantmakers
for Education
A national association that works to advance the field
of education philanthropy, Grantmakers for Education
is a membership organization for private and public
grantmakers that support education from early childhood
through K-12 and higher education.
Education
Week
An online newspaper providing daily reporting and
information on developments and programs affecting public
and private K-12 education.
Education
Funders Group Program Archives
Notes containing valuable knowledge and information
shared at previous programs and meetings of this group.
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