2013 Grant Recipients

E3: Education, excellence, & Equity, San rafael, CA

$10,000
Support for teacher professional development that focus on practical strategies that teachers implement in the classroom to increase student engagment.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, alexandria, VA

$10,000
Support to design and pilot a series of professional development workshops assisting school implementation of the common core state standards for English language Learners.

Utah International Charter School, salt lake city, UT

$10,000
Support to support the licensing and development of teachers of refugee and immigrant status.

Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth, MA

$35,000
Support to create and implement curricula in public school science classes that include hands-on mentoring in climate science research for 3rd, 5th grade and select high school students.  The project will also train teachers how to blend children’s discoveries about the effects of climate change on local ecology with in-class science lessons throughout the year.

New York School for the Deaf, White Plains, NY

$35,000
Support to identify and implement the best practices to aid in the successful creation of a Dual Language Program.

The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New orleans, LA

$35,000
Support for Teacher Resilience Education and Enhancement (TREE):  A five-part professional development series designed to increase resilience and retention of K-12 teachers in high-risk urban neighborhood schools in post-Katrina New Orleans..