Posted on March 25, 2008	print  e-mail
Deadline: Open

Louis Calder Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for Core Curriculum Education Programs

The Louis Calder Foundation, a private foundation located in New Canaan, Connecticut, invites charter and parochial schools to submit preliminary information on their plans/initiatives to develop/enhance efforts to adopt/strengthen comprehensive, sequenced, content-rich core curricula that build general knowledge in grades K-8.

The background letter should focus on the organizations' efforts to improve academic content by providing a coherent, sequenced, content-based curriculum during the regular and extended school day hours as well as during the summer. The curriculum should address a wide range of classical liberal subjects, including literature, history, ethics, mathematics, and the sciences.

The foundation is expanding its geographical boundaries to support organizations along the Northeast Corridor and as far west as the Mississippi River but will continue to support schools and organizations within its traditional funding area of the greater New York metropolitan area. The foundation is targeting schools and organizations from communities located east of the Mississippi River with populations no greater than 500,000.

Eligible organizations are invited to submit a brief Letter of Inquiry detailing their plans and efforts to develop or enhance a comprehensive, content-rich core curriculum in grades K-8. Upon review, the foundation will request a complete proposal for consideration, if necessary.

Visit the Louis Calder Foundation Web site for complete application procedures.

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Primary Subject: Education
Geographic Funding Area: National

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