Foundations Give $17.5-Million to Improve New Orleans Schools
December 14, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Three major national foundations are donating $17.5-million to improve New Orleans schools two years after Hurricane Katrina, reports The Associated Press.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Doris & Donald Fisher Fund, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will together work to create new public charter schools and support efforts to train and recruit teachers and principals.
New Schools for New Orleans will receive $10-million to recruit teachers, start schools and advocate for school improvement and accountability; Teach for America will receive $6.5-million to recruit and train new teachers; and New Leaders for New Schools will receive $1-million to train and assist principals.
