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With the best of intentions : how philanthropy is reshaping K-12 education
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- Creator
- edited by Frederick M. Hess
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- English
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, 2005
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- viii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781891792656, 1891792652, 9781891792663, 1891792660
- OCLC
- ocm62470723
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Section I. The Landscape of K-12 Giving -- A new generation of philanthropists and their great ambitions / Richard Lee Colvin -- Buckets into the sea: why philanthropy isn't changing schools, and how it could / Jay P. Greene -- The "best uses" of philanthropy for reform / Leslie Lenkowsky -- How program officers at education philanthropies view education / Tom Loveless -- Section II. Approaches To Reform -- Philanthropy and urban school district reform: lessons from Charlotte, Houston, and San Diego / Lynn Jenkins, Donald R. McAdams -- Philanthropy and labor market reform / Jane Hannaway, Kendra Bischoff -- Choosing to fund school choice / Bryan C. Hassel, Army Way -- Teaching fishing of giving away fish? Grantmaking for research, policy, and advocacy / Andrew J. Rotherham -- Section III. The Voices of Experience -- Lessons learned from the inside / Wendy Hassett, Dan Katzir -- The international dimension / Stephen P. Heyneman -- Strategic giving and public school reform: three challenges / Peter Frumkin