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More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
(December 2008) More foundations are going beyond money and providing a range of other kinds of assistance to help nonprofits. This report examines the effectiveness of those efforts and offers three case studies, including Wallace.
State Arts Policy: Trends and Future Prospects
State Arts Policy: Trends and Future Prospects
(November 2008) This study by RAND explores how state arts agencies, which play a central role in public support of the arts, are changing in response to demographic, political and economic realities.
SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules: Professional Learning Framework and Module Summaries
SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules: Professional Learning Framework and Module Summaries
(November 2008) This newly-updated guide summarizes 19 innovative training modules developed by the Southern Regional Education Board with Wallace’s support for use in school leadership preparation programs in universities, districts and academies.
Leadership and Learning: A Hechinger Institute Primer for Journalists
Leadership and Learning: A Hechinger Institute Primer for Journalists
(September 2008) A new handbook offers education reporters practical tips on how to get a better handle on the critical role school leadership plays in the everyday stories they cover.
Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy
Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy
(September 2008) This study by RAND offers a new way of thinking about the challenge of expanding arts participation by focusing more on the critical role of arts learning in cultivating demand for the arts.
Arts for All: Connecting to New Audiences
Arts for All: Connecting to New Audiences
(August 2008) How can arts organizations use marketing, research and new technologies to expand their audiences? This report on a recent Wallace conference discusses how it’s being done.
Strengthening Out-of-School Time Organizations: Three Views
Strengthening Out-of-School Time Organizations: Three Views
(August 2008) Three papers by leading authorities in out-of-school time learning consider the major organizational obstacles to lifting the quality of programs, and discuss possible remedies.
Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study
Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study
(July 2008) Organizations that run out-of-school time programs need additional investment in administration and management in order to most effectively support, develop and expand their programs, a study commissioned by The Wallace Foundation finds.
From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People
From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People
(July 2008) This “Story from the Field” explores how Dallas’s Thriving Minds initiative is expanding and improving arts learning opportunities both inside and outside of school for that city’s children.
Lessons from the Field: Aiming for Excellence at The Wallace Foundation
Aiming for Excellence at The Wallace Foundation
(June 2008) This case study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy candidly describes how Wallace has sought to improve its grantee relationships by building on strengths, identifying problems and tracking its progress in addressing shortcomings.
Report '07
Wallace's REPORT '07
(June 2008) In our latest annual report, Wallace President M. Christine DeVita writes that by helping institutions such as schools, arts providers and community organizations to “reach across the boundaries” that often divide them, we can provide all people and especially children with better learning and enrichment opportunities.
Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools
Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools
(June 2008) Drawing on new research and lessons from current efforts by states and districts, this Wallace Perspective offers a range of steps to reimagine principal training and address longstanding weaknesses.
Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008
Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008
(June 2008) The 10-year-old education leadership standards in use in more than 40 states have been revised to reflect new knowledge and lessons learned about effective school leadership and the policies needed to support it. This report describes the revised “ISLLC” standards and how they can help leaders meet the growing expectations of their jobs.
Evaluation of the New York City Out-of-School Time Initiative: Implementation of Programs for High School Youth
Evaluation of the New York City Out-of-School Time Initiative: Implementation of Programs for High School Youth
(June 2008) This report prepared by Policy Studies Associates for the New York Department of Youth and Community Development presents data on New York City’s ambitious out-of-school time teen program and findings on participant engagement in programs.
Strong Leaders Strong Schools: 2007 State Laws
Strong Leaders Strong Schools: 2007 State Laws
(April 2008) A roundup by the National Conference of State Legislatures documents the range of state lawmaking in 2007 aimed at recruiting, training and supporting high-quality school leaders. A companion brief focuses specifically on what states can do to strengthen leader preparation.
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