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Central Texas Ed Funders: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Central Texas District Spotlight: Austin ISD and Office of Innovation and Development. 65279;Shirley Heitzman, Executive Director of the Office of Innovation and Development for Austin Independent School District (AISD) was invited to contribute as a guest blogger to share highlights of February's CTEF meeting with Dr. Carstarphen. Heitzman leads AISD's partnership and resource development efforts to improve educational outcomes in a district of over 86,000 students. While...
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CTEF
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The mission of the KDK-Harman Foundation is to break the cycle of poverty. Through education while promoting a culture of giving excellence. Central Texas Education Funders (CTEF) is a membership organization comprised of various funding agencies in and around Austin who focus on education as one of their grantmaking priorities. In 2012, more than 60 funding entities are members of CTEF. Membership is open to private foundations, public foundations, and corporate philanthropies that:.
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Central Texas Ed Funders: November 2011
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Thursday, November 17, 2011. Is CTEF adding value to YOUR education grantmaking? Key findings of Membership Survey. Earlier this summer, CTEF Steering Committee launched a member survey to learn more deeply on why funders engage in CTEF, ranging from event attendance, service on subcommittees and utilization of CTEF tools and communications. Twenty-five of CTEF's over sixty grantmaking entities completed the survey. Survey results are in, and we want to share them with you! Central Texas Eduation Funders.
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Central Texas Ed Funders: Communities Across Texas Avoid Summer Learning Loss
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Monday, June 18, 2012. Communities Across Texas Avoid Summer Learning Loss. This month's blog is by guest blogger, Molly Wofford, executive director of the Texas Partnership for Out of School Time. Summertime has health implications for kids on top of the academic impact. A new report from the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) and United Way shows that children gained body mass two to three times faster during the summer as compared to the school year. This month’s parental scramble for s...
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Central Texas Ed Funders: October 2011
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Taking it to the Courts - A Mission for Fairness. The blog entry below is authored by September guest speaker on school finance, Lauren Cook, Director of Communications at Equity Center. Why do we have a system that treats Texas children and taxpayers so unfairly? The current system is none of those things, and districts will file a lawsuit to claim that it is inequitable (both for students and taxpayers), inefficient, inadequate, and lacking in meaningful discretion for local ...
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Central Texas Ed Funders: July 2011
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Adopt CTEF's Common Indicators. We are excited to have learned that in developing their new data driven Ed-Fi Program. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Heavily reverenced and incorporated Central Texas Educations Funders' College Readiness and Access Common Indicators. Thank you Michael and Susan Dell Foundation! For more information on the Common Indicators Project visit that section of our website. Central Texas Eduation Funders. E3 had ...
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Central Texas Ed Funders: August 2011
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Thursday, August 11, 2011. Education Issues from the 82nd Legislative Session. The webinar recording is now available at http:/ tgslc.adobeconnect.com/p17a2g2krt9/. Central Texas Eduation Funders. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Education Issues from the 82nd Legislative Session. Central Texas Eduation Funders. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Central Texas Ed Funders: June 2011
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Thursday, June 16, 2011. A Conversation with Chris Busse of the Texas Charter School Association. We need a lot of different types of schools to serve all the different types of kids.". Yesterday Central Texas Education Funders met at The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation for a presentation by the Texas Charter Schools Association. Soon we all hope! First, a couple of facts that jumped out at me:. If charter schools were grouped they would make up the 3rd largest school district in Texas. At CTEF we are ...
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Central Texas Ed Funders: February 2012
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Friday, February 3, 2012. Saving Philanthropy screening in Austin! The blog entry below is authored by Kate Robinson, executive producer of. Do you wonder if your philanthropic work is having the effect you want? Are you drowning in data? Do you want real evidence of progress but are struggling with how to measure it? If so, mark your calendar on VALENTINE'S DAY to join your nonprofit colleagues at the showing of. Saving Philanthropy: Resources to Results. At the Austin Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar!
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Central Texas Ed Funders: Laura and John Arnold Foundation Launches Powerful K-12 Education Tool
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Laura and John Arnold Foundation Launches Powerful K-12 Education Tool. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) recently announced an innovative education database system, the Education Resource Information Navigator Project (ERIN Project). The web-based system is free and open to the public. The ERIN Project gives users the opportunity to dive into important issues and questions in education reform such as, charter school effects on student performance. The database is stil...
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