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Education

Education Path Funding Priorities

Public Education

A young student hits the books
  • Support the creation of new and charter schools that foster quality public education. (Schools are eligible for BCF support once they have exhausted public resources.)
  • Foster high quality public education, with special attention to programs that:
    • Broaden access to courses that are prerequisites for college entry;
    • Ensure the systemic teaching of phonics and language development skills;
    • Offer access to computer technology.
      (Strong preference will be given to projects with the potential to be implemented at multiple sites or effect systemic change.)
  • Fund efforts to ensure identification of and access to appropriate, quality educational options for special populations including gifted and talented children and youth, and those with disabilities.

Adult Education and Family Literacy

  • Encourage family literacy initiatives that include interactive reading, home visiting programs, and access to books for families, and promote literacy efforts that recognize and address the family as a unit.
  • Fund adult literacy programs, specifically but not limited to adult basic education and GED programs.

Advocacy and Civic Engagement

  • Support efforts to organize students, parents, and community members to advocate for school reforms and new school creation.
  • Fund advocacy efforts to increase public funding for school readiness programs, public and private education, and support judicial and legislative remedies for under-funding of the public schools.

Note: In addition to the funding strategies of the Education Path, BCF is also committed to providing tuition assistance to students through its scholarship funds for K-12 and higher education.

Explore this section:

Youngsters in Patterson Park get a workout in the neighborhood’s youth soccer league.
One Step Up scholars Sherrone Ricks and Jeane’ Baker celebrate with donors Jonnie-Kay McLean and Norman Morrison.
A Baltimore City student soaks up the sun at North Bay Adventure Camp.
Enjoying the lake at Druid Hill Park. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Dreams do come true: Our Playground at Stadium Place, rebuilt by determined volunteers and generous donors after the original was destroyed by arson. The work was supported by a fund at BCF. 

BCF’s efforts through the Diversity Path will work to rebuild Baltimore’s black middle class.

Baltimore’s vibrant arts and cultural scene boasts innovative projects like the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series, which combines classical instruments, jarring visual components and DJ-style electronics into informal performances of works by modern composers. Photo by Robert McIver Photography.
Cyclists atop Federal Hill take in views of the city skyline and bustling Inner Harbor. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Collecting butterflies in the field for a nature study.
In the spring of 2009, an army of dedicated volunteers worked to rebuild Our Playground at Stadium Place, which had been destroyed by arson in September 2008. Photo by Kristine Buls.
Enjoying one of the simple pleasures of summer at a neighborhood camp.
BCF’s Human Services Path emphasizes health, aging, and family economic security.
Neighbors team up to beautify and reclaim a vacant lot.
Most Middle Grades Partnership scholars qualify for the city’s competitive high schools.
Rapid and reliable public transportation for our region is a central goal of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a fund of BCF. Photo by P.A. Greene.
Children beat the heat in the waters of the Walter Sondheim Fountain at the Inner Harbor. Contributions to construct the memorial were collected through a special project fund at BCF. Photo by Will Kirk, courtesy of Homewood Photography.
Students at Great Kids Farm learn about local food production, from “seed to fork.”
Baltimore’s successful One Plus One recycling program has engaged residents in making the city cleaner and greener.
Baltimore City students and farm manager Greg Strella (far right) with the summer harvest at Great Kids Farm.
Students at Baltimore’s Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology, one of many public charter schools helping to transform public education in our city. Photo by Stephen Jones, courtesy of Baltimore City Public Schools.
BCF’s Promoting Baltimore Path works to ensure that Baltimore continues to retain and attract citizens and businesses.
Experience-Corps Baltimore places older adult volunteers in struggling city elementary schools to serve as classroom aides, mentors, and tutors. Photograph by Michael Ciesielski, courtesy of Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc.

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