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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2002
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2002
DONORS' EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE (DEC)
Community Trust
212-807-8719
2 Park Avenue, 24th floor
New York, New York 10016
Norma Rollins Consultant
normarollins@millerrollins.com
212-807-8719
http://www.nycommunitytrust.org
Size: $120,000 3/yr
2002
Public Education Grants
In 1995, the Donors' Education Collaborative (DEC) was created by funders interested in improving the quality of public education in New York City schools and increasing the level of public engagement in issues of education reform. Based on the findings of an external evaluation by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago documenting the impact that DEC's grantmaking has had on a range of issues from opportunities for English language learners, to the engagement of community based organizations and their constituencies as legitimate participants in education policy reform, to improvements in policies regarding school facilities construction, the members of DEC decided to continue the initiative for an additional three years. Hazen's three-year renewal grant of $120,000 will enable DEC to continue its work to engage multiple constituencies in education policy reform during a period of considerable change in New York City's schools.
EL PASO INTERRELIGIOUS SPONSORING ORGANIZATION
915-778-3200
7134 Alameda Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79903
Joe Rubio Lead Organizer
EPISO@aol.com
915-778-3200
Size: $100,000 2/yr
2002
Public Education Grants
Over the past three years the El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO) has created and organized support for the Alliance Scholars Initiative, an effort to ensure that students are prepared for and have the financial support to attend college. Through EPISO's efforts, the school district has doubled the enrollment in the Pre-Advanced Placement Math and Language Arts classes and founded the first Pre-Advanced Placement Science class at Ysleta Middle School. A two-year renewal grant of $100,000 will enable EPISO to continue to organize parents in collaboration with teachers, school administrators and the local business community to continue this work in the Ysleta schools and to expand to the El Paso and Clint School Districts.
FARMWORKER ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
407-886-5151
815 South Park Avenue
Apopka, Florida 32703
Tirso Moreno Executive Director
apopkafwaf@aol.com
407-886-5151
Size: $45,000
2002
Public Education Grants
Through the Family Empowerment Program of the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) parents in Volusia County are monitoring school district compliance with policies affecting Limited English Proficient Students, pushing for facilities improvements, and have brought teachers from Mexico to participate in staff development sessions with local teachers. With a grant of $45,000, FWAF will replicate the Family Empowerment Program in Dade County. Specifically, during the grant period, FWAF will train 40 Latino and Haitian families to work on improving the quality of education for migrant/LEP students through effective participation in formal school processes such as Parent Leadership Councils and school boards and also as an organized force pushing for change from outside of the system.
