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The Education Fund designs and implements initiatives that involve the private sector in improving public education. Our goal is to help all children reach their full potential. We direct resources where they are needed most; provide support where inequities exist, such as in low-performing schools or schools that serve low-income families; offer professional development opportunities for the entire teaching force; and evaluate the effectiveness of pilot initiatives to improve outcomes. A cornerstone of our efforts is encouraging creativity in our public schools, with a significant portion of our work benefiting the arts. We operate up to a dozen model programs at any given time that reach all 390+ schools, 20,000+ educators and 340,000+ students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
A few of our accomplishments:
$71.5+ million raised for public schools
208,000+ harvest bags sent home with families served by Food Forests for Schools
10,500+ computers provided to student homes, plus 500 in classrooms.
1.2 million trilingual Parent Resource Guides distributed
$2.6 million in individual classroom grants to help teachers foster student achievement
34% increase in college enrollment attained as part of a national demonstration project
$17+ million in free supplies for classrooms
$1.1+ million for public schools' visual arts programs
228,000 hours of one-on-one tutoring for students struggling with reading
$820,000 in grants for dropout-prevention programs
$3.4 million leveraged for one of the nation's most comprehensive leadership development programs for secondary school administrators
