2009 Education Path Grants
All 2009 Education Path grants are listed below.
Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc. - $5,000
To support ACY's "Raise the Education Bar" advocacy campaign in its efforts to promote financial incentives to attract strong principals to challenged schools, expand alternatives to student suspensions, and increase state spending for academic interventions for low-performing middle school students.
American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Inc. - $10,000
For the Education Reform Project, the ACLU's initiative to advocate for the city's children to receive an adequate public education.
Baltimore Algebra Project - $15,000
To support this student-led after-school peer tutoring and youth advocacy program serving Baltimore City young people.
Baltimore Child First Authority, Inc. - $10,000
To support the efforts of the Baltimore Education Coalition, which unites community groups from across the city to lobby for education reform and fair funding for Baltimore City Public Schools.
Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation, Inc. - $10,000
To help lower performing BSA students succeed academically by providing them with tutoring, mentoring, and other academic supports.
Carnegie Institution of Washington - $10,000
For Project BioEYES, an interactive, week-long unit in hands-on science for Baltimore City 5th, 7th, and 10th grade students.
Dyslexia Tutoring Program, Inc. - $10,000
To provide free screenings and tutoring to low-income Baltimore City children and adults with dyslexia, train teachers to screen for dyslexia, offer support and resources to parents, and provide children in the program with an educational summer camp experience.
Fund for Educational Excellence - $50,000
For Baltimore City Schools' Secondary Transformation Initiative, which aims to open 24 new schools for grades 6-12 over the next four years as part of a larger strategy to transform Baltimore's secondary schools.
Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc. - $16,000
To help meet increased demand for the Adult Literacy and ESOL Program, which provides basic literacy and English-language instruction to adults from the Greater Homewood area, and to enable GHCC to track and improve outcomes for adult learners.
The Ingenuity Project - $10,000
To mentor and tutor students through the Learning Club, an academic enrichment program offered to minority middle and high school students.
KIPP Baltimore, Inc. - $10,000
To help fund the extended day and summer program at Baltimore's KIPP Ujima Village Academy, a charter school for students in grades 5-8.
Learning Circus, Inc. - $10,000
To support this citywide dropout and credit recovery program for at-risk Baltimore City middle school youth, ages 14-17.
Maryland Charter School Network, Inc. - $10,000
To help the organization offer expertise and assistance to charter school applicants and develop and promote quality standards for all charter schools.
Maryland Charter School Network, Inc. - $5,000
To provide state-level advocacy to improve the legislative and regulatory environment for charter schools in Maryland.
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Baltimore - $10,000
To teach low-income children in 13 Baltimore City middle and high schools how to start and run their own businesses through the NFTE youth entrepreneurship program.
New Leaders for New Schools - $20,000
To recruit, train, and support City Schools principals and resident principals in the program.
Paul's Place, Inc. - $10,000
To provide basic literacy classes, computer skills training, work experience, and volunteer service to unemployed and underemployed adults.
Public Justice Center, Inc. – $10,000
To advocate on behalf of homeless and foster children and youth for improved access to public education, as well as to support the production of a Spanish-language film to educate homeless families about their children's education rights.
South Baltimore Learning Center – $16,000
To provide functional literacy, life skills training, and career preparation services to educationally disadvantaged adults.
Supporting Public Schools of Choice (ABAG) - $10,000
To advocate on behalf of Baltimore City's charter, innovation, and transformation schools and assist these schools with issues related to special education, facilities, and governance.
Teach For America, Inc. - $20,000
To help increase the size of Baltimore's TFA teaching corps over the next two years and strengthen the program's alumni network.