Private giving to public schools: Does it work?

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: July 31, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Recently three major charitable foundations announced that they would no longer provide grants to Pittsburgh public schools. The Pittsburgh, Heinz and Grable foundations have made a responsible decision in the face of the Pittsburgh Public School system's continued failure to improve. In retrospect, failure should be no surprise. Other foundations and individuals that have tried to help public schools with private funds have been similarly frustrated and disappointed.

Most notably, the Annenberg Foundation donated $500 million to public schools over a period of five years, hoping to ...

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