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NCNG’s Education Funders’ Group shares information and considers options for working together to address education issues, at the community and/or state level. Generally NCNG organizes meetings, conference calls, and information sharing among NCNG education funders. 

If you would like to be alerted about upcoming events specific to education funders’, please subscribe to the education funders’ listserv by clicking here. 

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Education Funders’ Initiative

Recently, NCNG Education Funders' have engaged in a joint education initiative to consider how organized philanthropy might better understand their impact and more effectively address statewide education policy issues and leverage philanthropic dollars to improve North Carolina’s education system.

To accomplish this, working groups have been established to focus on various aspects of K-12 education in North Carolina. Members of each group are participating in monthly conference calls between November and March to discuss research and direct inquiry around these topics and to drive toward specific recommendations for state improvement in each of these areas.

Interested in joining the effort? Please contact us. To access the information for the working groups, such as reading materials and group information, please click on the work group title below.

Full Group Findings

As we work toward our goal of a set of recommendations/priorities for improving K-12 education in North Carolina, we will want to be able to share information about our working group findings and discussions across all participants. Click here to review the central page with key readings and documents relevant to all working groups.

Teacher and Leader Quality

This group is examining issues related to teachers, principals, and other professionals in the education system, including training, recruitment, compensation, professional/leadership development, deployment and overall quality. Co-Chairs: Joe Crocker, Z Smith Reynolds Foundation & Dee Lee, Wachovia.

 

High Quality Accountability

This group’s focus includes student assessment and testing, the use of technology and data to drive decision making, and the role of leadership/governance (from the school level up to the system-wide level). Chair: Linda Suggs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

External and Internal Systems and Structures

This group is looking at the internal and external systems and structures that affect K-12 education in NC, including the school governance structure in the state (internal), and efforts that support better K-12 performance such as early childhood education, after school programs, and linkages to post-secondary education/job readiness (external). Co-Chairs: Skip Moore, Weaver Foundation & Claire Tate, Foundation for the Carolinas

 

Community Engagement

This group is exploring the role of stakeholders outside of the formal education system in improving education – including parents, youth engagement, the private sector, and informal education institutions (museums, Scouts, etc.) Chair: Betty Craven, Warner Foundation

 

Funding for Results

This group will be looking at issues related to school finance in North Carolina, including sources of funding, equity, and investment in key areas (such as teacher compensation and professional development). Chair: TBD

 

Upcoming Education Funders’ Events & Calls

Date & Time	Event	Location
May 22: 10 - 11:30 am	Local School System Governance	Call in: 888-346-3659 Access: 31071 #
May 27: 9:30 - 11 am	Costing Out Study: 2nd Conference Call	Call in: 888-346-3659 Access: 31071 #
June 2: 3:30 - 5 pm	Education Steering Committee Call	Call in: 888-346-3659 Access: 31071 #
July 17: 10 - 4:00 am	Full Education Initiative Participant Meeting	The Proximity Hotel, Greensboro, NC

Publication Resources for Education Funders