Education

Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date: 
06/2010
The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" education reform competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center, created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and government leaders who had guided the first-round application process in nine states, the success of future collaborations will depend on government including grantmakers in the development of new policies and...
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Report
Topic(s) 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area 
Education

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

Release Date: 
09/06/2023
Up to $500,000 is available state-wide to provide New York charter schools a critical resource to address early reading difficulties and to support the state’s youngest students in overcoming these hurdles.
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RFPs Etc
Funding Area 
Children, Youth and Families
Education
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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives Grant for State-of-the-Art Computer Science Building at Ben-Gurion University

Release Date: 
06/29/2023
The Helmsley Computer Science Building will be constructed on the North Campus to enable the continued growth of one of the University’s largest departments and one of its engines of future development.

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