As of 2008, the Foundation focuses its grantmaking on partnerships,
programs, research, and intermediary organizations that support
underserved learners and/or build knowledge about dramatically
improving the level and variety of outcomes for all New England’s
learners. The majority of the
Foundation’s grants are made through its new strategic initiatives.
As the new grantmaking focus begins, some of the Foundation's
previously funded programs will continue to be supported under the
new initiatives.
The Foundation’s
new strategic initiatives are:
-
Early Learning
–
This initiative promotes access to
high quality, developmentally appropriate, public-supported
early education for every child in New
England.
-
Time
for Learning
–
This initiative
defines, expands, and implements the notion of when students
learn.
-
Pathways to Higher Learning
–
This initiative focuses
on
improving the quality and variety of the educational pathways
between middle school and high school with postsecondary
opportunities for underserved students in New England.
-
Adult Learning –
This initiative focuses on postsecondary opportunities for
adults, including the improvement of ABE-College transition
programs, and the expansion of a variety of available,
high-quality options that lead to postsecondary success.
-
Systems Building
– This initiative concentrates on the re-evaluation of current
education systems in order to identify innovations, policies,
and other opportunities that may lead to a dramatic increase in
the number of students possessing the skills necessary in the
21st century.
With our grantmaking across these
initiatives, we aim to answer certain vital questions, including:
What are the innovative/emerging practices that lead
to the strongest outcomes for learners?
What are the policies and possible policy changes
that will lead to greater access and higher quality of education?
What do we know about public understanding that can
help support greater access and quality of education?
What can the Foundation learn that will help it
focus grant investments most effectively?
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