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Can Philanthropy Fix Our Schools? Appraising Walter Annenberg's $500 Million Gift to Public Education. Case Studies: New York City by Raymond Domanico; Philadelphia by Carol Innerst; Chicago by Alexander Russo.
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Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, Washington, DC. – 2000
The best-known model for large-scale private giving to foster education reform is Walter Annenberg's $500 million gift to U.S. public education in 1993. The biggest chunk of this money was used to fund challenge grants in the nine largest U.S. cities. The three case studies and commentary in this report evaluate the success of the Annenberg…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education