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EDUCATION

The education programs of the foundation were launched in March 2000, with a $350 million commitment to support education improvements in three priority areas: model schools and districts; professional development opportunities for teachers, principals, and superintendents; and scholarships to broaden access to higher education.

Solomon, a senior from Foss High School, Tacoma, WA, is on his way to Boise State on a basketball scholarship. "I'm majoring in communications because I like to talk," he says.

Alaska Council of School Administrators (Douglas, AK)
$4,974,112 for 5 years to provide technical assistance to six rural, low-income, culturally diverse Alaska school districts.

Alliance for Education (Seattle, WA)
$191,950 for 2 years to contribute to the academic achievement of all Seattle School District students by making them effective users of ideas and information through their school librarians.

Alliance for Education (Seattle, WA)
$24,960,000 for 5 years to improve teaching and learning by enhancing student access to technology.

Arkansas Department of Education (Little Rock, AR)
$1,663,110 for 3 years to provide superintendents and principals from public and private schools access to quality leadership development focused on technology integration and whole systems change.

Aspire Public Schools (San Carlos, CA)
$3,187,000 for 5 years to design and open five small charter high schools in the next three years.

Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools (Oakland, CA)
$15,721,427 for 5 years to support the Small Schools Initiative.

Bellingham School District 501 (Bellingham, WA)
$4,326,400 for 5 years to improve teaching and learning by enhancing student access to technology.

Big Picture Company Inc (Providence, RI)
$3,450,000 for 5 years to change how people think about high school education by modeling and building new small schools.

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The (Stanford, CA)
$4,829,198 for 5 years to create a learning collaborative under Stanford University's College of Education's leadership to help school leaders develop a broader knowledge base about school design, teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment, and professional development.

Burlington-Edison School District (Burlington, WA)
$216,000 for 3 years to support personalized learning environments where all students achieve.

Cataldo Catholic School (Spokane, WA)
$156,000 for 3 years to support personalized learning environments where all students achieve.

Center for Collaborative Education Metro Boston Inc (Boston, MA)
$4,914,021 for 5 years to support existing small schools, work with districts to launch up to 20 new small schools over the next five years, serve as a clearinghouse of research on small schools, and develop a cadre of new small school leaders.

Center for Community Service Fund (Seattle, WA)
$2,750,000 for 16 months to provide superintendents and principals from public and private schools access to quality leadership development focused on technology integration and whole systems change through the Smart Tools Academy.

Centralia School District (Centralia, WA)
$172,000 for 3 years to support personalized learning environments where all students achieve.

Charles N. Fortes Magnet Academy (Providence, RI)
$10,000 for 1 year to support Charles N. Fortes Magnet Academy in their mission to show the value of small schools in providing a quality education to all children.

Communities in School, Inc. (Alexandria, VA)
$300,000 for 3 years to help build capacity to serve at-risk students throughout the nation by bringing resources, services, parents, and volunteers into schools to meet students' needs so they can concentrate on learning.

Communities In Schools of Washington State (Seattle, WA)
$300,000 for 3 years to meet its mission to help young people stay in school, successfully learn, and prepare for life.

Community Studies, Inc. (New York, NY)
$100,000 for 4 years to support the Teacher Center.

Community Studies, Inc. (New York, NY)
$4,290,220 for 5 years to support 39 New York City high schools in educational reform for small schools and performance assessment coalition over the next five years.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (Chicago, IL)
$35,000 for 1 year to support the annual meeting in Baltimore on October 26-29, 2000.

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