Reconnecting Education and Foundations : Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital

by Bacchetti, Ray; Ehrlich, Thomas; Shulman, Lee S.

• ISBN13: 9780787988180
• ISBN10: 0787988189
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Praise for Reconnecting Education & Foundations "Ray Bacchetti and Thomas Ehrlich have brought together an impressive constellation of thinkers to consider philanthropy's fundamentally important role in American education--past, present, and future." --Thomas Toch, cofounder and codirector, Education Sector "This volume provides a critical and constructive analysis of relationships between foundations and education institutions. It offers thoroughly researched, well reasoned, and very practical suggestions for increasing foundations' impact on the quality of K-12 and university education." --Deborah Stipek, dean, Stanford University School of Education "This fascinating book, the outcome of a project to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, asks the crucial question whether foundations can and should invest in 'educational capital' in this new century, now that the historic consensus on what makes for good education has given way to an era of uncertainty and politicization as to the goals of education. The book will convince readers that the stakes are high in resolving this dilemma in educational investment." --Stanley N. Katz, director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies,Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University "This impressive book by Bacchetti, Ehrlich, and their knowledgeable coauthors unveils through sound research and analysis the interlocking and often tension-ridden tripartite relationships among the institutions of private philanthropy (i.e., foundations), schools, and colleges. It is a must read for Messrs. Buffett and Gates along with thoughtful practitioners, academics, and policy analysts in the fields of philanthropy and education. It doesn't provide all of the answers but raises many very important questions." --Donald M. Stewart, visiting professor, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Author Biography

Ray Bacchetti is a scholar in residence at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has been education program officer of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, vice president for planning and management at Stanford University, and an elementary school teacher.

Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has been president of Indiana University, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean of the Stanford Law School, and has held several positions in the federal government. He is author, coauthor, or editor of ten other books, including Educating Citizens.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Foreword	xi
Lee S. Shulman
Acknowledgments	xvii
About the Authors	xix
PART ONE: Introduction—Recommendations-History
1. Foundations and Education: Introduction	3	(18)
Ray Bacchetti, Thomas Ehrlich
2. Recommendations: Building Educational Capital	21	(26)
Ray Bacchetti, Thomas Ehrlich
3. What Might Andrew Carnegie Want to Tell Bill Gates? Reflections on the Hundredth Anniversary of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching	47	(24)
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Jennifer de Forest
PART TWO: K-12 and Foundations
4. Increasing Foundation Impact by Building Educational Capital	71	(36)
Theodore Lobman, Ray Bacchetti
5. Foundations and School Reform: Bridging the Cultural Divide	107	(32)
Nancy Hoffman, Robert Schwartz
6. When Reach Exceeds Grasp: Taking the Annenberg Challenge to Scale	139	(24)
Barbara Cervone
7. Building Capacity for School Improvement	163	(22)
Thomas Hatch
8. The National Writing Project: Commitment and Competence	185	(26)
Ann Lieberman
PART THREE: Higher Education and Foundations
9. Patron or Bully? The Role of Foundations in Higher Education	211	(38)
Charles T. Clotfelter
10. Many Motives, Mixed Reviews: Foundations and Higher Education as a Relationship Richer in Possibilities Than Results	249	(34)
Ray Bacchetti
11. Working Through Intermediaries: The New Jersey Campus Diversity Initiative	283	(20)
Edgar F. Beckham
12. From Idea to Prototype: The Peer Review of Teaching	303	(20)
Pat Hutchings
13. Addressing Failure: The Case of the Commission on Social Studies	323	(24)
Robert Orrill
PART FOUR: Cross-Cutting Topics
14. Education and the Conservative Foundations	347	(32)
Leslie Lenkowsky, James Piereson
15. Robin Hood with a Difference: Operating Foundations and Universities and Schools	379	(30)
Robert Weisbuch
Appendix A: Going for the Gold in Undergraduate Education	409	(8)
Russell Edgerton
Appendix B: Selected Data on Foundation Grants and Total Educational Expenditures	417	(74)
Name Index	491	(6)
Subject Index	497