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With the Best of Intentions
Lessons Learned in K-12 Education Philanthropy
Date: Monday, April 25, 2005
Time: 8:45 AM — 7:00 PM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
 
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While philanthropical efforts such as the Gates small school initiative, the Annenberg challenge, and the Broad Prize for Urban Education appear to constitute only a small portion of total U.S. K-12 spending, there is reason to believe these efforts may have a disproportionate impact in shaping reform agendas and promoting broader change.

This conference will examine key aspects of K-12 philanthropy, including donor strategies, accountability, and effectiveness. The analyses and discussion will provide practical guidance and raise important questions for public officials, parents, educators, and the philanthropic community. Topics of discussion will include: How much money is there? What strategies are getting funded, and what do we know of their effects? How do funders decide what to fund? What are the practical challenges that bedevil funders? What lessons might education philanthropists draw from other sectors or from other nations? How can these lessons be used to invest more wisely and more effectively? 

 
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8:15 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast
     
8:45 Welcome:  Frederick M. Hess, AEI
8:55 Panel I: Understanding K-12 Philanthropy
  Presenters: Richard Colvin, Hechinger Institute at Columbia University
    Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution
    Donald McAdams, Center for Reform of School Systems
10:00 Break  
10:10 Discussants: Michael Feinberg, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)
    Susan Fuhrman, University of Pennsylvania
    Lawrence Patrick, Black Alliance for Educational Options
    William Porter, Grantmakers for Education
11:10 Break  
11:25 Panel II: Assessing Major Strands of Giving
  Presenters: Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute
    Bryan Hassel, Public Impact
    Jay Greene, Manhattan Institute
    Andrew Rotherham, Progressive Policy Institute
12:45 p.m. Luncheon  
1:30 Discussants: Arlene Ackerman, San Francisco Unified School District
James A. Kelly, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
    Bruno Manno, Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Kim Smith, New Schools Venture Fund
2:30 Break  
2:40 Panel III: Lessons Learned
  Presenters: Peter Frumkin, Harvard University
    Steven Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
    Dan Katzir, Broad Foundation
    Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University
4:00 Break  
4:15  Discussants: Alan Bersin, San Diego City Schools
    Howard Fuller, Marquette University
    Wendy Kopp, Teach for America 
    Warren Simmons, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
5:15 Break  
5:25 Conclusion: What’s Next?
  Discussants: Chester E. Finn Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
    Stefanie Sanford, Gates Foundation
    Dan Fallon, Carnegie Foundation
6:15 Reception  
     
7:00

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