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GRANTS FOR EDUCATION 2005

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| All Kinds of Minds
Chapel
Hill, North Carolina
This grant provided assistance in the development of the high school
curriculum, specifically related to the program in Texas.
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$150,000 |
| All Saints Episcopal School of Fort
Worth
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provide support for the "Building for Character: Saints United"
capital campaign, specifically the Upper SchoolAcademic and Administration
Building.
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$1,000,000 |
| Cassata High School
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the reading program.
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$20,000 |
| College for All Texans Foundation
Austin,
Texas
This grant provided additional support for Closing the Gaps.
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$50,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Greater
Tarrant County
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support ($100,000) and assistance for the Save A
Smile dental program ($25,000).
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$125,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Greater
Tarrant County
Fort
Worth, Texas
Funds were provided for operating expenses ($50,000), the Cap & Gown
campaign ($100,000), and the Save A Smile dental partnership with Cook
Children's Medical Center ($25,000).
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$175,000 |
| Country Day School of Arlington
Arlington,
Texas
These funds provided general support for the school in memory of Donna Hartwell
Wilkie, former head of the school.
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$5,000 |
| Cowboy Heritage Association of Fort
Worth
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds were provided for a scholarship program assisting worthy students
to attend college.
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$10,000 |
| Education Service Center, Region I
Edinburg,
Texas
This grant provided support for the Academic Leadership Alliance, a
collaboration among ESC, Region I, the McAllen Economic Development
Corporation, and Tech Prep Rio Grande Valley.
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$150,000 |
| Education Service Center, Region XI
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the North Central Texas School Leadership
Collaborative.
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$125,000 |
| First Texas Council of Camp Fire,
Inc.
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the pilot program for professional development
of childcare providers.
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$25,000 |
| Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds are to be used for the construction of the community/student center
and dining hall.
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$1,000,000 |
| Fort Worth Independent School
District
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the Tarleton Model for Accelerated Teacher
Education in the Fort Worth ISD.
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$180,000 |
| Fort Worth Independent School
District
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided assistance in matching the federal grant for the health
and physical education department.
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$120,000 |
| Fort Worth Independent School
District
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the Questia online library program for
students and faculty.
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$75,000 |
| The Fort Worth Public Library
Foundation
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
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$24,000 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Fort
Worth
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
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$20,000 |
| ICUT Foundation
Austin,
Texas
These funds provided support for the survey of public attitudes toward
independent colleges and universities.
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$7,500 |
| Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins,
Texas
These funds were approved for the Accelerated Alternative Certification Program
for secondary school teachers.
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$90,000 |
| Just Say Yes - Youth Equipped to
Succeed
Dallas,
Texas
This grant provided support for the program in the Fort Worth schools.
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$50,000 |
| The Learning Center of North Texas,
Inc.
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided general operating support and/or support for the mentoring
program.
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$60,000 |
| LeTourneau University
Longview,
Texas
This grant provided support for the Postbaccalaureate Accelerated Certification
for Teachers program.
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$74,000 |
| National Center for Policy Analysis
Dallas,
Texas
This grant provides general support for the program in 2006.
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$100,000 |
| Opportunity Workshop, Inc.
Monahans,
Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
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$10,000 |
| Rally for Education, Inc.
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the Community United to Save Our Children
program.
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$100,000 |
| The Rensselaerville Institute
Rensselaerville,
New York
These funds provided support for the School Turnaround program within the Fort
Worth Independent School District.
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$75,000 |
| River Legacy Foundation
Arlington,
Texas
This grant was approved for support of the Living Science Center's distance
learning program.
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$40,000 |
| The Southwest Texas State
University Development Foundation
San
Marcos, Texas
This grant provided general support for the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for
Geographic Education.
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$120,000 |
| Texas A&M Foundation
College
Station, Texas
These funds provided further support for the Center for Mathematics and Science
Education.
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$190,000 |
| Texas A&M Foundation
College
Station, Texas
These funds provided support for the Teachers Networking with Technology
Program.
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$97,000 |
| Texas A&M University -
Texarkana
Texarkana,
Texas
This grant provided additional support for the Preparing Educators for Tomorrow
program.
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$54,000 |
| The Texas A&M University System
College
Station, Texas
This grant was provided to support the study entitled "Fifty Texas Teachers,"
conducted by the Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher
Education.
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$225,000 |
| Texas Christian University
Fort
Worth, Texas
These funds provided additional support for the Institute of Mathematics,
Science and Technology Education.
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$50,000 |
| Texas Christian University
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provides assistance in the renovation of the Bailey Building and
construction of the facility to create the new complex for the School of
Education.
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$500,000 |
| Texas Engineering Foundation
Austin,
Texas
This grant provided continued assistance for the MATHCOUNTS program in Texas.
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$35,000 |
| Texas Interfaith Education Fund
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program to connect neighborhood
institutions in improving family and student achievement under the leadership
of Allied Communities of Tarrant.
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$100,000 |
| Texas Lyceum Association, Inc.
Dallas,
Texas
This grant provided support for the Conference on Texas High School Education
held in Fort Worth in October 2005.
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$10,000 |
| Texas Wesleyan University, College
of Education
Fort
Worth, Texas
Half of these funds provided for general support of the Courage &
Renewal-North Texas program and half for the purchase of equipment and
services.
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$100,000 |
| Texas Wesleyan University, College
of Education
Fort
Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for Tarrant County Courage to Teach.
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$50,000 |
| University of Houston, College of
Education
Houston,
Texas
This grant provided support for the Middle School Mathematics Initiative.
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$150,000 |
| University of North Texas, College
of Education
Denton,
Texas
These funds provided support for the Future Bilingual Teachers Academy.
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$150,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin,
Charles A. Dana Center
Austin,
Texas
These funds provided continued support for the ThinkFive program and/or the
developing work in Algebra II and Precalculus.
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$135,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin,
College of Natural Sciences
Austin,
Texas
These funds provided support for either the first- and second-year math and
science teachers or the Master of Arts in Science and Mathematics Education
program.
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$150,000 |
| The University of Texas at San
Antonio
San
Antonio, Texas
This grant provided continued assistance for the TexPREP program.
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$130,000 |
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