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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2001
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2001
LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (LSNA)
773-384-4370
3321 W. Wrightwood
Chicago, Illinois 60647
Nancy Aardema Executive Director
lsna@one.org
773-384-4370
Size: $90,000 3/yr
2001
Public Education Grants
Over the past 8 years, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association has developed a group of parent leaders that has undertaken a number of successful school improvement efforts in 7 local schools. With a three-year grant of $90,000, LSNA will pursue a campaign to address the issue of teacher quality throughout the community's schools. Their agenda includes: strategies to attract qualified teachers to neighborhood schools; pushing for a program to enable parents and community members to achieve a bachelor's degree and teacher certification; training parents to identify and advocate for effective teaching practices.
NATIONAL COALITION OF ADVOCATES FOR STUDENTS (NCAS)
617-357-85507
100 Boylston Street #808
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Joan First Executive Director
617-357-85507
http://www.ncasboston.org
Size: $130,000 2/yr
2001
Public Education Grants
Forty percent of the schools in Miami and Dade County received a D or F on the most recent state of Florida accountability report and the majority of the low performing schools are located in low income communities. In order to turn around these failing schools, NCAS believes that communities and parents need to be engaged and organized for action. With a grant of $130,000 over 2 years, NCAS will identify community based organizations, community development agencies and informal groups of parents and community members in Miami/Dade County that are interested in developing an agenda for school reform organizing. NCAS will partner with these groups and will provide at least ten with support and technical assistance to implement education campaigns.
NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD FEDERATION
773-545-9300
3443 North Central Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60634
John Gaudette Executive Director
773-545-9300
http://www.nwnf.org
Size: $60,000 2/yr
2001
Public Education Grants
Over the past two years, the Northwest Neighborhood Federation has organized parents, teachers and students in 9 schools in Chicago's northwest neighborhoods. Their efforts have led to the election of 47 NNF-trained parents to local school councils, construction of 2 new schools and 4 school additions to existing facilities, and increased resources at individual schools. Over the next two years with a renewal grant of $60,000, NNF will broaden the scope of its education organizing work to address the issue of teacher shortage confronting Chicago schools. Specifically, NNF will push for on-site professional development for teaching staff throughout the system, and will partner with Northeastern University to identify and enroll immigrants with teaching credentials in their home countries to pursue certification in the Chicago Public School System (CPS).
