Redesigning Schools for Better Learning

The US Center for High Impact Philanthropy named Generation Schools as one of the BEST opportunities for making a meaningful difference in people’s lives – in the United States and abroad.  To read their latest 12-page donor investment guide click here. It outlines ten opportunities for making a meaningful difference in people’s lives – in the United States and abroad. It reflects what they’ve learned from five years of analyzing how donors can best address some of our communities’ most pressing needs.

Gifts to Generation Schools support:  “effective whole school reform designed to maximize learning time for students and teachers, make the curriculum more rigorous and engaging, and address issues such as school leadership, teacher recruitment, professional development, and evaluation, which are critical for teacher effectiveness and student success.”

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy has also featured Generation Schools in two of their national reports:

• High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality in the U.S. Blueprint. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2010. Generation Schools is one of only two effective whole-school reform models nationwide highlighted in this national report. By helping public schools successfully redeploy their existing resources to improve teacher effectiveness, we are featured as one of the most cost-effective reforms in country. See pages 53-56

• “High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality: Focus on High-Need Secondary Students.” The Center for High Impact Philanthropy. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 2011