To connect New Orleans high schools to the business community through work-based learning experiences and career and technical education programming, with the objective of preparing students for high-wage, high demand jobs based on local economic needs
To create a public information and awareness campaign led by state and local chambers of commerce partnering with other equity-focused advocacy organizations in targeted states and districts experiencing the greatest need in closing the homework gap
2020
K-12 Education
$364,250
Tennessee Charter School Center
To support the grantee's ongoing advocacy efforts in TN to support the growth of high quality charter schools
To design a product that will leverage high quality open source curricular materials, ELA instructional frameworks, the best available research on how children learn to read and write, and technology available for use in product design
The purpose of this grant is to support its Equitable Recovery Initiative to respond to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 on majority-minority communities.
To support grantee's work to connect state-level education advocacy organizations with colleagues across the country to amplify their voices and maximize their impact
To expand the existing State Teacher Policy Database (STPD) and Teacher Contract Database (TCD) to include policies affecting teachers in Puerto Rico, and to pilot a tool that will enhance local partners' use of the two databases to advocate for high-quality teacher policies
To support four projects that provide research and insights to improve and advance education policy and reform issues for the field at large, as well as help inform the K-12 program's strategy.