2009 Grant Recipients

Bard High School Early College, Annandale, NY

$35,000
Support for the development of science a curriculum.

United Teen Equality Center, Lowell, MA

$35,000
Support for a high school deploma program in a community center.

Batoto Yetu, New York, NY

$10,000
Support to integrate the art, history, music, and crafts of southwestern and central Africa into the core curriculum of grades 2 and 3.

CASES, New York, NY

$10,000
Support for a Community Prep High School, a transitional academy for youth retuning from custodial settings operated in a partnership with the New York City Department of Edcuation.

Kimball Elementary,  Seattle, WA

$10,000
Support for an inclusion initiative for 3rd and 4th graders.

Portalnd Trails, Portland, ME

$10,000
Support for training teachers developing a green curriculum

2008 Grant Recipients

Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA

$35,000
Support for the development of a Colonial New England History Kit.

Boston Plan for Excellence, Boston, MA

$35,000
Support for teacher residencies in Boston, MA

Villa Esperanza Services, Pasadena, CA

$35,000
Support for professional development for teachers of developmentally disabled students.

Friends of Bella Vista, Oakland, CA

$10,000
Support to create park-related, hands-on curriculum that will enable the teachers to meet their art and science standards for each grade level.

Friends of the Future, Kamuela, Hawaii

$10,000
Support for the development and implementation of Earl’s Garage Fab Lab activities for kids ages 7 and up.

Longley Elementary School, Lewiston, ME

$10,000
Support for literacy initiatives

Mills College Children’s School, Oakland, CA

$10,000
Support for the implementation and use of the Japanese elementary mathematics curriculum in a U.S. elementary school, The Mills College Children’s School (MCCS).

2007 Grant Recipients

Breakthrough, TX

$35,000
Support for curriculum supplementation to help at risk students enter and graduate from college

Colonias Development Council, TX

$35,000
Support for education initiatives in the Colonias.

Reach The World, NY

$35,000
Support for geographic and cultural understanding through interactive learning experiences

Burton USD, KS

$10,000
Support for flexible grouping model

Na WAI OLA Charter School

$10,000
Support for curriculum development incorporating local history

New Bedford Whaling Museum, MA

$10,000
Support for professional development in whaling and port history

State University of New York

$10,000
Support for math and science teacher recruitment research

University of Southern California San Diego, CA

$10,000
Support for teacher recuirtment in math and science