Sentences with phrase «education foundations devote»
In a recent analysis I did for a forthcoming book on education and philanthropy, I found that the largest 15 education foundations devote only 5.9 % of their giving to support research, some of which is actually advocacy disguised as phony research.
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Recipe for Success is a nationally recognized foundation devoted to combating childhood obesity through innovative «Seed to Plate» education: Children plant school gardens, reap their harvest and work with professional chefs to learn how to deliciously prepare healthful food.
According to my analysis in a chapter in a new book edited by Rick Hess and Jeff Henig on education philanthropy, the largest education foundations only devote 6 % of their funding toward research.
Despite the perception that these major education reform foundations are focused on expanding school choice, at least with charters, their grantees appear to be devoting more energy to arguing for greater diversity.
It thus came as no surprise that Bill III and his wife, Melinda, a Duke graduate, would devote a substantial part of their giving to education when they started their own foundation (with $ 20 billion) and absorbed the other family foundations into its work six years ago.