gates-foundation-grants-to-select-education-and-policy-groups

1 Gates Foundation Grants to Select Education and Policy Groups Retrieved by Mercedes Schneider on August 26, 2013, from http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database National Governors Association Date: March 2012 Purpose: to support effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards through the development and dissemination of an official set of identifiers and metadata Amount: $37,674 Date: February 2011 Purpose: to work with state policymakers on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, with special attention to effective resource reallocation to ensure complete execution, as well as rethinking state policies on teacher effectiveness Amount: $1,598,477 Date: November 2009 Purpose: to build capacity and awareness among governors around postsecondary goals Amount: $512,197 Date: May 2008 Purpose: to help governors improve college and career ready rates and make state education systems internationally competitive Amount: $2,496,814 Date: December 2005 Purpose: to support the State Early Childhood Policy Leadership Forum Amount: $62,000 Date: March 2005 Purpose: to provide states with grants and assistance to develop and implement comprehensive plans for high school redesign and increase college-ready high school graduation rates Amount: $19,658,214 Date: September 2004 Purpose: to support NGA Initiative: "Redesigning the American High School" Amount: $187,435 Date: September 2004 Purpose: to support NGA Initiative: "Redesigning the American High School" Amount: $511,658 Date: October 2003 Purpose: to support creation of a coherent system of education pathways that lead students through at least the second year of college Amount: $382,918 Date: November 2002 Purpose: to support a one-day meeting to prepare a publication focusing on turning around lowperforming high schools to be presented at the NGA's Winter Meeting Amount: $30,000 Date: May 2002 Purpose: to support changes needed to transform high school education in the United States Amount: $275,515 Achieve, Inc Date: June 2012 Purpose: to strengthen and expand the ADP Network, provide more support to states for CCSS implementation, and build strategic national and statewide alliances by engaging directly with key stakeholders Amount: $9,297,699 Date: April 2012 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $3,500,000 Date: November 2011 Purpose: to bolster efforts to support national and state strategies to adopt, implement and sustain college and career-ready policies Amount: $375,000 Date: February 2008 Purpose: to support Achieve's American Diploma Project Amount: $12,614,352 Date: October 2005 Purpose: to help states align secondary school math expectations with the demands of postsecondary education and work Amount: $2,148,910 Date: May 2004 Purpose: to assist and encourage specific states to adopt high school graduation requirements that align with college entry requirements Amount: $7,747,861 Date: September 2001 Purpose: to support the National Education Summit in Palisades, NY on October 9-10, 2001 Amount: $25,000 Date: October 1999 Purpose: to support comprehensive benchmarking and review of academic standards and assessments between states Amount: $1,000,000 Student Achievement Partners Date: June 2012 Purpose: to support teachers nationwide in understanding and implementing the Common Core State Standards Amount: $4,042,920 Date: June 2012 Purpose: to grow capacity to support teachers and to strengthen operations Amount: $2,490,430 Council of Chief State School Officers Date: July 2013 Purpose: to CCSSO, on behalf of the PARCC and SBAC consortia to support the development of high quality assessments to measure the Common Core State Standards Amount: $4,000,000 Date: June 2013 Purpose: to support the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Institute for Transition and Transformation Services partnership with the NJ DOE to support the state’s efforts to support high quality implementation of the Common Core of State Standards Amount: $799,825 Date: April 2013 Purpose: to support a multi-state pilot on education preparation Amount: $703,737 Date: November 2012 Purpose: to support the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in helping States’ to build their data inoperability capability and IT leadership capacity Amount: $1,277,648 Date: October 2012 Purpose: to support strategic planning for the sustainability of the Common Core State Standards and the two multi-state assessment consortia tasked with designing assessments aligned with those standards Amount: $1,100,000 Date: December 2011 Purpose: to support NGLC Impact Strategies Amount: $400,381 Date: June 2011 Purpose: to support the Common Core State Standards work Amount: $9,388,911 Date: March 2011 Purpose: to support capacity building at SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) regarding assessment framework development and higher education engagement Amount: $743,331 Date: January 2011 Purpose: to assist with the design of Wave of the Next Generation Learning Challenges, marketing it to the field, recruiting applicants and advisors, and processing applications Amount: $289,899 Date: July 2010 Purpose: to assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit applicants and advisors, and process applications Amount: $64,628 Date: November 2009 Purpose: to partner with federal, state, public, and private interests to develop common, open, longitudinal data standards Amount: $3,185,750 Date: July 2009 Purpose: to increase the leadership capacity of chiefs by focusing on standards and assessments, data systems, educator development and determining a new system of supports for student learning Amount: $9,961,842 Date: March 2007 Purpose: to support Phase II of the National Education Data Partnership seeking to promote transparency and accessibility of education data and improve public education through datadriven decision making Amount: $21,642,317 Date: October 2005 Purpose: to support technical assistance and research-based information to NGA Honor States pursuing high school redesign efforts Amount: $201,312 Date: April 2004 Purpose: to provide states with sophisticated, web-based data tools that will strengthen accountability and improve results through data-driven decision making Amount: $25,000,000 Date: July 2003 Purpose: to support activities of CCSSO around educational issues, particularly related to secondary school reform Amount: $249,000 Date: May 2002 Purpose: to support a working conference on using the 'No Child Left Behind Act' to improve achievement of students in the middle grades Amount: $25,000 National Congress of Parents and Teachers Date: May 2013 Purpose: to educate parents and communities on the new standards and to empower leaders to create the changes they need in their school systems for Common Core implementation Amount: $499,962 Date: November 2009 Purpose: to support implementation of a strategic plan for national PTAs to promote collegereadiness, and higher student performance outcomes Amount: $2,000,000 Date: October 2008 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $5,000 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Date: July 2013 Purpose: to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards Amount: $244,733 Date: February 2011 Purpose: to provide teachers and school leaders with supports to implement the Common Core State Standards at the district, school, and classroom levels Amount: $3,024,695 Thomas B Fordham Institute Date: April 2013 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $1,000,000 Date: June 2011 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $500,000 Date: January 2011 Purpose: to track state progress towards implementation of standards and to understand how what students read changes in response to the standards Amount: $1,002,000 Date: October 2009 Purpose: to review the common core standards and develop supportive materials Amount: $959,116 Date: June 2009 Purpose: to support the PIE Network which brings together policy research groups and statelevel education advocacy organizations to advance equity, improve student achievement, share best practices and capture lessons learned Amount: $398,534 Date: July 2008 Purpose: to support the activities of an emerging network of state level education advocacy organizations in support of a convening around strategic issues Amount: $155,000 Date: August 2006 Purpose: to support creation of a new education policy network promoting equitable education reform Amount: $100,000 Date: July 2005 Purpose: to support the Fordham Foundation in its role as a community school sponsor in Ohio to recruit other high school developers and to share best practices across the field Amount: $1,849,173 Date: July 2005 Purpose: to inform public debate and advance academic achievement in Ohio charter schools by convening charter school leaders, producing research, and disseminating information on charter school issues Amount: $497,639 Date: July 2003 Purpose: to strengthen Ohio's charter school program by recruiting, training, and supporting quality sponsors for existing and future charter schools Amount: $250,000 American Enterprise Institute Date: June 2012 Purpose: to support their education policy work in four distinct areas: Exploring the Challenges of Common Core, Future of American Education Working Groups, Innovations in Financial Aid, and Bridging K-12 and Higher Ed with Technology Amount: $1,068,788 Date: October 2011 Purpose: to support original research and analysis to influence the national education debates and create a supportive policy environment for reform to improve the efficiency and productivity of higher education Amount: $445,496 Date: April 2009 Purpose: to support original research and analysis to influence the national education debates and create a supportive policy environment for dynamic reform Amount: $2,144,000 Date: November 2007 Purpose: to provide original research and analysis to influence the national education debate and create a supportive policy environment for dynamic reform Amount: $500,000 Brookings Institute Date: May 2013 Purpose: to conduct efforts to summarize the work of the Reimagining Aid Design & Delivery (RADD) project to date Amount: $77,271 Date: November 2011 Purpose: to establish standards for rating teacher evaluation systems Amount: $494,826 Date: September 2011 Purpose: to examine personalized learning, real-time student assessment, collaboration and social networking, dashboards, and K-12 innovation success stories with the goal of evaluating progress, improving implementation, and sharing best practices Amount: $600,000 Date: June 2011 Purpose: to support the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty to address aid and development effectiveness issues Amount: $960,515 Date: October 2010 Purpose: to create a model that will enable policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and foundations to better assess the likely success of any strategy designed to improve the life prospects of children and youth Amount: $1,000,000 Date: August 2010 Purpose: to conduct high-quality policy research focused on sustainable economic development in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policymaking in the United States and Africa Amount: $6,270,792 Date: July 2010 Purpose: to develop criteria for certifying teacher evaluation systems Amount: $337,000 Date: May 2009 Purpose: to enable availability and strengthen the quality of workforce and labor market statistics, and connect them to longitudinal higher education data at the federal level Amount: $350,000 Date: May 2009 Purpose: to improve media coverage of secondary and post-secondary education Amount: $501,210 Date: November 2008 Purpose: to support the planning phase of the development of a life-cycle model for estimating the impact of various policy interventions aimed at increasing social mobility Amount: $128,984 Date: July 2008 Purpose: to bring the best African-led research and perspectives on development challenges to US policy makers by supporting the African Growth Initiative and to explore the potential of partnerships with African think tanks Amount: $5,774,324 Date: December 2007 Purpose: to support ongoing publication of key recovery indicators as a resource and accountability tool for continued policy attention to long-term recovery in the Gulf Coast region Amount: $400,000 Date: November 2007 Purpose: to support policy research on new federal and state policies in response to demographic and economic changes Amount: $1,500,000 Date: October 2001 Purpose: to support a National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education through The Brookings Institution Amount: $1,000,000 American Federation of Teachers Date: May 2013 Purpose: to enable the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation to support the Minnesota Guild of Public Charter Schools to become a self-sustaining organization Amount: $150,000 Date: June 2012 Purpose: to support the AFT Innovation Fund and work on teacher development and Common Core State Standards Amount: $4,400,000 Date: May 2012 Purpose: to provide AFT conference support Amount: $75,000 Date: April 2011 Purpose: to assist teachers in understanding and implementing the Common Core State Standards Amount: $1,000,000 Date: February 2011 Purpose: to provide conference support for the conference on teacher development and evaluation systems Amount: $230,000 Date: July 2010 Purpose: to support the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund and the union's teacher development and evaluation programs Amount: $4,021,725 Date: June 2010 Purpose: for conference support Amount: $217,200 Date: June 2009 Purpose: to support the work of a teacher evaluation task force Amount: $250,000 Date: January 2009 Purpose: to support teacher-and union-led reform efforts to improve public education and raise student achievement Amount: $1,000,000 10 National Education Association Date: July 2013 Purpose: to support the capacity of state NEA affiliates to advance teaching and learning issues and student success in collaboration with local affiliates Amount: $2,426,500 Date: July 2013 Purpose: to support a cohort of National Education Association Master Teachers in the development of Common Core-aligned lessons in K-5 mathematics and K-12 English Language Arts Amount: $3,882,600 Date: October 2012 Purpose: to build and enhance teacher voice in the development and implementation of the teacher and leader Professional Growth and Effectiveness System and the Common Core State Standards Amount: $99,997 Date: April 2012 Purpose: to support the NEA Foundation Institute for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Amount: $550,000 Date: March 2010 Purpose: to support an in-person meeting of the Planning Committee of the NEA Foundation Institute for Local Innovation in Teaching and Learning Amount: $38,420 Date: October 2009 Purpose: to support training for local NEA affiliates to take on a leadership role in improving teaching practice and student achievement in their districts Amount: $358,915 National Association of Secondary School Principals Date: October 2005 Purpose: to develop a cadre of certified principal trainers in each of the NGA Honor States Amount: $219,980 Date: March 2005 Purpose: to produce and disseminate a Leader's Guide to Adolescent Literacy that will outline what middle and high school principals can to implement a schoolwide literacy program Amount: $125,000 Date: June 2004 Purpose: to support the implementation of strategies and tools recommended in "Breaking Ranks II" report for 17 state associations of principals Amount: $503,320 11 Date: June 2003 Purpose: to support dissemination of 'Breaking Ranks Leadership: Mapping the Change of an American Institution', the second edition of 'Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution.' Amount: $182,000 Date: March 2003 Purpose: to identify and showcase exemplary high schools Amount: $1,072,738 American Association of School Administrators Date: June 2011 Purpose: to help publicize the public release of college-going data for all high-schools and to support educators to understand the data, prepare for its release, and effectively use the information Amount: $331,512 Date: April 2011 Purpose: to create a website that provides analysis from the user's perspective of the most prevalent student information and learning management systems Amount: $417,697 Council of Great City Schools Date: March 2013 Purpose: to develop benchmarking of instructional-related expenditures to enable strategic resource alignment in K-12 Amount: $614,954 Date: June 2011 Purpose: to promote and coordinate successful implementation of the new common core standards in major urban public school systems nationwide Amount: $4,910,988 Date: March 2010 Purpose: to support the development of a cross-sector proposal to pilot test the new common core standards in a set of selected cities Amount: $100,000 Date: October 2008 Purpose: to improve student outcomes by understanding the gaps between standards and instruction in urban contexts and by leveraging student data to improve instruction and support Amount: $3,735,866 12 National Urban League Date: November 2012 Purpose: to contribute important stakeholder information to guide and shape the larger Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery project Amount: $98,471 Date: June 2011 Purpose: to continue support for the NUL Equity and Excellence Project and build the capacity of the NUL Policy Institute to advocate more effectively at the federal and state levels Amount: $2,900,000 Date: October 2009 Purpose: to more effectively leverage its affiliate network, introduce common (national) policy goals and objectives, and involve local and state NUL leaders in the national federal advocacy work of the Campaign for High School Equity Amount: $800,000 Date: September 2007 Purpose: to participate in the Campaign for High School Equity Coalition and raise public awareness to issues and solutions to improve graduation and college readiness of students of color Amount: $358,267 Black Alliance for Educational Options Date: November 2012 Purpose: to contract a consultant to develop a strategic plan that enhances BAEO’s ability to advocate for college ready education and college completion Amount: $250,000 Date: November 2011 Purpose: to support the launch of High Performing Black-led Charter Schools Initiative as a pilot initiative for schools in New Orleans, Philadelphia, and the District of Columbia Amount: $99,360 Date: March 2003 Purpose: to support the creation of new small high schools Amount: $4,000,000 Center for Education Reform Date: October 2011 Purpose: to support Phase II of the Media Bullpen and to advance charter policy advocacy work in five states Amount: $600,000 13 Date: June 2010 Purpose: to support development of a new awareness tool, "The Bullpen", that will offer and analyze real time education news Amount: $275,000 Education Trust Date: July 2013 Purpose: to focus on redesigning grants and work study loans for Phase II of the Reimagining Aid Design & Delivery (RADD) project Amount: $350,431 Date: November 2012 Purpose: to support the Access to Success program in helping to provide data, evidence, best practices, and training to campuses in support of continuous improvement in providing equal opportunity for access and success to underrepresented minorities Amount: $800,000 Date: November 2012 Purpose: to inform state and local policies on teacher evaluation as a significant and valuable tool Amount: $2,101,177 Date: September 2012 Purpose: to begin pressure testing possible education finance reform solutions—both substantively and politically Amount: $304,971 Date: September 2010 Purpose: to support a group of major university and community college system heads to build better data systems, financial aid policies, and student support services Amount: $1,060,000 Date: January 2010 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $1,000,000 Date: September 2009 Purpose: to develop a set of open-source literacy courses that align to the Common Core State Standards Amount: $2,039,526 Date: November 2007 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $10,000,000 14 Date: November 2007 Purpose: to increase access and success, particularly for low-income and minority students and bring systems together to work on critical actions to accelerate improvement Amount: $1,507,077 Date: October 2007 Purpose: to ensure that all students in California graduate college and work ready, and that the state invests and targets the necessary resources to get them there Amount: $7,750,000 Date: August 2006 Purpose: to support technical assistance to Los Angeles Unified School District for development of a high school progress report Amount: $111,376 Date: June 2006 Purpose: to develop regional American Diploma Projects in Sacramento /Silicon Valley/San Bernardino region Amount: $94,500 Date: March 2006 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $2,200,000 Date: November 2005 Purpose: to support the National Association of (University) System Heads to engage higher education leaders in high school redesign Amount: $369,150 Date: September 2004 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $1,200,000 Date: July 2003 Purpose: to support research and dissemination of findings about effective practices in highperforming high schools and institutions of higher education, particularly those serving high concentrations of low-income and minority young people Amount: $2,000,000 Date: May 2002 Purpose: to provide matching contribution for general operating support Amount: $100,000 Date: December 2003 Purpose: for the production of the "California High School Status Report" Amount: $201,820 15 Date: August 2010 Purpose: for general operating support Amount: $8,300,000 Center on American Progress Date: July 2008 Purpose: to expand work on improving the quality and effectiveness of human capital in the public education sector Amount: $1,198,248