WCGMF Grants: School Change Grants

• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000

2003

$800,000	Connecticut Center for School Change
To support the Center’s work in promoting instructional leadership focused on student achievement in districts and schools across Connecticut. As a partner in the Memorial Fund’s Discovery Initiative, the Center commits at least half of its work to those communities participating in Discovery.
$800,000	Connecticut Center for School Change
To support the Center’s work in promoting instructional leadership focused on student achievement in districts and schools across Connecticut. As a partner in the Memorial Fund’s Discovery Initiative, the Center commits at least half of its work to those communities participating in Discovery.

2002

$800,000	Connecticut Center for School Change
For the Center’s efforts to improve student achievement by improving instructional leadership at the district and school levels. As a partner in the Memorial Fund’s Discovery Initiative, the Center commits at least half of its efforts to working with those communities participating in Discovery.

2001

$800,000	Connecticut Center for School Change
For the Center’s efforts to improve student achievement by improving instructional leadership at the district and school levels. The Center is a former initiative and strong partner of the Memorial Fund.
$22,500	Connecticut Charter Schools Network
To expand the Network’s capacity for sharing resources, expertise, external professional development opportunities, and parental involvement across the state’s charter schools.

2000

$24,000	Celebration of Excellence / Area Cooperative Educational Service
To support the 14th Celebration of Excellence, a statewide teacher recognition program actively promoting professional development, networking and replication of award-winning curriculum units throughout the state and nation.
$50,000	Comprehensive School Reform Through Public Engagement / Terrel H. Bell School Reform Network
To provide technical assistance and follow-up support for implementing the comprehensive school reform model in ten Title 1 elementary schools throughout Connecticut.
$650,000	Connecticut Center for School Change
To support efforts of comprehensive reform in Connecticut schools.
$40,000	Early Care and Educational Training Initiative / EASTCONN
To initiate a new level of staff training and professional development for center-based and family day care providers.
$10,000	International Festival of Arts & Ideas
To support a series of public discussions on educational issues.
$25,000	Research on Education / William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
To survey school reform literature, research and some of the national and statewide issues that provide a context for current educational trends in Connecticut.
$30,000	Schooling for Community Success / Windsor Public Schools
To engage the broader public and develop consensus about what students need to succeed in the 21st century.
$22,500	The Connecticut Network of Charter Schools / The New Haven Ecology Project, Inc.
To support and foster the excellence, effectiveness and responsiveness of Connecticut’s charter schools.