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Ford Foundation funded the research and development of Making
Schools Work, and is the primary contributor to the production of the program
as well as to media promotion, advertising and outreach. The Ford Foundation has
four fundamental goals: to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice,
promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. In education,
the Ford Foundation seeks to increase educational access and quality for the disadvantaged,
to educate new leaders and thinkers and to foster knowledge and curriculum supportive
of inclusion, development and civic life. The foundation also supports free and
responsible media that addresses important civic and social issues as well as
high-quality productions that enrich public dialogue on such core issues as building
democratic values and pluralism.
http://www.fordfound.org/
The Broad Foundation contributed to the production of Making
Schools Work. Founded in 1999 by Eli and Edythe Broad, its mission is
to dramatically improve urban public education through better governance, management
and labor relations. The goals of the Broad Foundation are to train a broad,
deep bench of current and aspiring leaders in education; to
redefine the traditional roles, practices and policies of school
board members, superintendents, principals and labor union leaders to better
address contemporary challenges in education; to attract and retain the highest
quality talent to leadership roles in education; to equip school systems and
their leaders with modern tools for effective management; to provide tangible
incentives for educators to advance academic performance; and
to honor and showcase success wherever it occurs in urban education.
http://www.broadfoundation.org/
Carnegie Corporation of New York contributed to the production
of Making Schools Work, and funded the design and development of the
show's web site. The foundation was created by Andrew Carnegie in
1911 and seeks to carry out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said
should aim "to
do real and permanent good in this world." Andrew Carnegie's charge that
the Corporation dedicate itself to the “advancement and diffusion of knowledge
and understanding” has led it, over nearly 100 years of work, to support efforts
to improve teaching and learning that have the potential to make
a lasting and long-term contribution to the field of education.
http://www.carnegie.org/
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting funded the production
of spin-off programs by PBS stations and much of the outreach for Making
Schools Work. CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress
in 1967 to facilitate the development of, and ensure universal access to, non-commercial
high-quality programming and telecommunications services. The fundamental purpose
of public telecommunications is to provide programs and services that inform,
enlighten and enrich the public. While these programs and services are provided
to enhance the knowledge and citizenship, and inspire the imagination of all
Americans, the Corporation has particular responsibility to encourage the development
of programming that involves creative risks and that addresses the needs of unserved
and underserved audiences, particularly children and minorities.
http://www.cpb.org/
The Spencer Foundation contributed to the production of
Making Schools Work. Established in 1962 by Lyle M. Spencer,
the Spencer Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research
is necessary to improve education. It is thus committed to supporting
high-quality investigation of education through its research programs and to
strengthening and renewing the educational research community through its fellowship
and training programs and related activities.
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