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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2002
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2002
ACORN
American Institute for Social Justice
718-246-7900
739 8th Street, SE
Washington, District of Columbia
Steve Kest Executive Director
skest@acorn.org
718-246-7900
http://www.acorn.org
Size: $50,000
2002
Public Education Grants
For more than a decade, affiliates of the national community organizing network, ACORN, have prioritized education organizing in their local work, focusing particularly on issues of equity. Their efforts have identified inequitable treatment of parents and students of color and in low income communities, increased resources to schools serving low income students, changed the distribution of resources among schools and classrooms, ensured that all families have equal access and information to high quality educational experiences. As a national network, ACORN realizes that there is enormous potential for cross-site replication of successful strategies, collective research and action. With the Foundation's grant of $50,000, ACORN will increase the effectiveness of local education organizing through national, local and cross-site training and research and will build national campaigns based upon local work and the opportunities presented by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
ACTION COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION REFORM (ACAER)
662-565-7004
306 Main Street
Duck Hill, Massachusetts
actionccmc@dixie-net.com
662-565-7004
Size: $30,000
2002
Public Education Grants
Founded in 1997, Action Communication and Education Reform (ACAER) works to make the Montgomery County School District responsive to the needs of all children. One of their first major victories was to overturn the electoral process for the Montgomery School Board, resulting in a shift from a 100% white school board to one that, with three African American and two white members, is more representative of the school population. The Foundation's grant of $30,000 will support ACAER's work to ensure community input in the financial planning process for the school system and to impact the formulation of school policy around disciplinary and tracking issues.
Alliance for Quality Education
Public Policy and Education Fund (PPEF)
718-222-1089
88 Third Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11217
Christine Marinoni Coordinator
christinem@aqeny.org
718-222-1089
http://www.aqeny.org
2002
Public Education Grants
Founded in 2000, the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) is a coalition of parent, labor, service, advocacy and youth organizations from across New York State, dedicated to securing increased funding for public education at the state and local level. Through its base of 250 member organizations, AQE has mobilized thousands of individuals to participate in actions that have helped fight cuts in the state and local education budgets. Focusing on a five point agenda that includes class size reduction, school construction, recruitment and retention of qualified teachers and school leaders, universal pre-k, and schools that are accountable to parents and the community, AQE will work to gain support for long-term education funding policy that will provide equitable and adequate resources for all New York's children. Our three-year renewal grant of $135,000 will support AQE's organizing efforts in New York City.
