Need in Deed, Philadelphia, PA

$35,000
Support for service-learning initiatives with Philadelphia public school students and teachers.

International Sailing Institute, Providence, R.I.

$30,000
Support for start up expenses for the Paul Cuffee Charter Public School.

Community Day Charter School, Lawrence, MA

$35,000
Support for a Mentor Teacher Program.

Foundation for Excellent Schools, Cornwall, VT

$35,000
Support the establishment of a partnership between faculty at Middlebury College and teachers in five New York City high schools.

Harmony School Education Center, Bloomington, Ind.

$35,000
Support for the planning of the National School Reform Faculty initiative.

The Urban Resources Initiative, New Haven, CT

$10,000
Support for Open Spaces as Learning Places, a new environmental education program.

University of California, Davis

$10,000
Support for ArtsBridge program.

Architecture Resource Center, New Haven, CT

$10,000
Support for the Hartford, Capital City, Cultural Landscape Program, an interdisciplinary educational project for Middle school students.

Friends of the Future, Kamuela, Hawaii

$10,000
Support for the Earl’s Garage project to increase educational opportunities in science and technology for students through a hands-on approach.

L/A Arts, Lewiston, ME

$7,500
Support for the Visual Literacy project for elementary school children.

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

$20,130
support for the establishment of a regional network for teachers who endeavor to combat racism in their schools.

Vermont Center for the Book, Chester, Vt.

$30,160.
support for phase two of the Reflective Reading Project which includes working with teachers in Vermont in a pilot implementation program.

The Girls Middle School, Mountain View, Cal.

$34,900
support for faculty in the second year of the development and implementation of a computer science program.

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School and Regional Teachers Center, Devens, Mass.

$35,000.
support for the activities of the Teachers Center, a school based professional development effort, including workshops for teachers from other schools.

The Lab School of Washington, Washington, D.C.

$30,000
support for professional development workshops for teachers of students with learning disabilities.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

$34,662
support for a faculty research initiative, within the School of Education and Social Policy, entitled “Supporting Teacher Learning Through the Use of Multimedia Cases of Mathematics Teaching.”

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Peabody, Mass.

$25,000
support for the National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning in the development of educational strategies and flexible curricular that respond to the needs of all students, including those with disabilities.

Wesleyan University/Middletown Public Schools Collaborative, Middletown, Conn.

$10,000
seed money to launch the ASCEND program designed to provide academic support and encouragement for students in grades 4 and 5 as part of the University Upward Bound program.