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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2000
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2000
PENNSYLVANIA ACORN
American Institute for Social Justice
(215) 765-0042
846 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
Jeffrey Ordower Lead Organizer
paacorn@acorn.org
(215) 765-0042
http://www.acorn.org
Size: $25,000
2000
Public Education Grants
In 1999, Pennsylvania Acorn launched an organizing campaign to involve parents in efforts to improve the quality of education in the public schools serving low-income, minority, students in Philadelphia. Public schools in low-income and working-class communities are characterized by inadequate resources to support student learning and decaying facilities. The Acorn organizing campaign is focused on two major issues: the high number of permanent substitute teachers in the public schools, and the need for school repairs. Acorn was awarded a one-year grant of $25,000 to conduct this campaign.
QUEENS LEGAL SERVICES CORP. (QLSC)
(718) 657-8611
89-00 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, New York 11435
Carl O. Callender, Esq. Executive Director
(718) 657-8611
Size: $30,000
2000
Public Education Grants
As a federal program with a mandate for parent engagement in decision making and an annual budget of $7 billion, Title I has the potential to enhance the education of children in low income communities. Through its Title I Initiative, Queens Legal Services Corporation will provide training and legal assistance to parents and teams of parents pursuing collective action regarding Title I issues in their children's schools. Hazen's grant of $30,000 will allow QLSC to work with six parent organizations offering research, training, legal counsel and representation, as well as development and dissemination of educational materials on Title I.
QUEENSBRIDGE COMMUNITY IN ACTION (QCIA)
Jacob Riis Neighborhood House
(718) 784-3200
10-25 41st Avenue
Long Island City, New York 11101
Yvette Grissom Executive Director
(718) 784-3200
Size: $30,000
2000
Public Education Grants
With 18,000 residents, the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City are the largest public housing development in the nation. In 1998, a group of parents and staff of Jacob Riis Neighborhood House organized as Queensbridge Community in Action to hold school officials accountable for the poor quality of education their children were being offered. It soon became clear to QCIA that the school district was allowing the schools serving Queensbridge children to fail while, at the same time, providing a high quality education to children in other parts of the district. In response, QCIA has kicked off their Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap between Queensbridge schools and the rest of District 30. Our renewal grant of $30,000 will enable the organization to build an effective and knowledgeable grassroots constituency to advocate for equity and reform in schools serving the Queensbridge public housing development.
