Strategies for Improving Public Education
Ford Foundation
A Foundation Returns to School
Strategies for Improving Public Education
By Janice Petrovich Ford Foundation
Director of Education, Sexuality, Religion
A Foundation Returns to School
Strategies for Improving Public Education
By Janice Petrovich Ford Foundation Director of Education, Sexuality, Religion
Ford Foundation 320 E. 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017
Copyright ? 2008. ISBN: 978-0-916584-08-9 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by information storage and retrieval systems, without the written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Printed in the United States of America
Acknowledgments
The Ford Foundation wishes to thank Kathleen Donovan, administrative coordinator for the Education, Sexuality, Religion unit, for her invaluable assistance in bringing this project to completion.
Table of Contents
Author's Note ..................................................................................................................... 5 Foreword by Alison R. Bernstein .................................................................................. 6 Why Constituency Building to Improve Public Schools? ..................................... 8 Ford's Support for Public School Improvement: 1950?1990 ............................... 11 Constituency Building for Public School Reform (CBPSR) .................................. 18 Learning from Success (and Disappointment) ......................................................... 24 Revising the CBPSR Initiative ....................................................................................... 27 Encouraging Other Funders ........................................................................................... 29 What Makes Success? Lessons for Donors ................................................................ 31 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 37 Selected References .......................................................................................................... 38
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Author's Note
Strategies for Improving Public Education analyzes a major Ford Foundation initiative to improve public schools from my point of view as its principal grant maker. The initiative, called Constituency Building for Public School Reform (CBPSR), began in the mid-1990s and was aimed at promoting democratic participation by an informed public to advance high-quality education for all students. In sharing what we have learned from the Ford Foundation's 13-year, $45 million investment, I hope to shed light on the relative value of different strategies.
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