To increase awareness of and build nonpartisan support for the policies and innovations that will lead to dramatic student achievement gains in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
To support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help encourage more diverse representation in education leadership, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater communications capacity.
To support a study and execute best practices in engaging end-users (in this case, students and teachers) in the design and implementation of school-based research.
2023
Education
$338,165
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, Inc.
To support the design and launch of new intentionally diverse charter schools and to advance the coalition of diverse charter schools across the country.
To conduct policy analysis and publicly share education and information to build awareness and support for a stronger policy environment for charter schools in New York City.
To conduct an early-stage evaluation of the foundation's Catalytic Communities initiative informing both evolution of strategy as well as community support and engagement.
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.