With the Best of Intentions: How Philanthropy Is Reshaping K-12 Education - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1891792652 ISBN 13: 9781891792656

Verlag: Harvard Educational Publishing Group, 2005

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This is a groundbreaking volume for education reformers and philanthropists. The wealth of research presented here surveys the landscape, raises critical questions, and illuminates the challenges for us all to consider as we strive to change public education and provide all children with the schools they deserve. Wendy Kopp, Founder, Teach for America" Hess s compilation provides a thoughtful, reasoned, and frequently pointed examination of K-12 philanthropy, a sector accustomed to accolades and sheltered from the impulsiveness of the ballot box. This volume invites the sincere reflections and heated discussions that are urgently needed among policymakers, educators, and the philanthropic community as educational philanthropy increasingly seeks to improve our nation s schools. Stefanie Sanford, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "

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From the Gates small school initiative to the Annenberg challenge to the Broad prize for urban education, philanthropic giving has played an increasingly prominent role in recent years in education reform efforts across the United States. Yet while we recognize that philanthropic organizations influence education in countless ways, we know strikingly little about the extent, dynamics, and results of their efforts. This lack of knowledge calls out for urgent attention of total K-12 spending, it has a disproportionate impact in shaping reform agendas and promoting cutting-edge efforts to improve schools and classrooms. With the Best of Intentions aims to fill this gap, offering lively perspectives on the role of philanthropy in K-12 education. It opens by surveying the current landscape in philanthropic giving to education, then examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts: building new schools, supporting troubled districts, promoting school choice, and advancing educational research and policy. The book concludes by looking at some of the major lessons--for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders--of philanthropic contributions to schools and school systems.

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• Verlag: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1891792652
• ISBN 13: 9781891792656
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 348
• Herausgeber: Hess Frederick M.