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Starting Out Right: A Cluster Evaluation of the Early Childhood grants of the Knight Foundation

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Title: Starting Out Right: A Cluster Evaluation of the Early Childhood grants of the Knight Foundation
Author: Deanna S. Gomby, Ph.D. and Lisa G. Klein, Ph.D.
Publication Date: Feb 27, 2008
Publication File: Year 3 Final Report 12-11-07 FINAL

Starting Out Right:

A Cluster Evaluation of the Early Childhood grants of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

 

Year 3 Final Report

 

Deanna S. Gomby, Ph.D. and Lisa G. Klein, Ph.D.

December 11, 2007

 

Commissioned by

Julie E. Tarr, Ed.D., Director of Evaluation, tarr @knightfoundation.org

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

 

Abstract

Since 2001, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded 125 early childhood grants totaling more than $50 million. In 2007, there were 47 active grants. Gomby and Klein reviewed the grants for Knight and produced this report.

Communities

Knight has made grants in early childhood education in the Knight communities of Aberdeen, S.D.; Boulder, Colo.; Charlotte, N.C.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Lexington, Ky.; Long Beach, Calif.; Philadelphia, Pa; St. Paul, Mn.; San Jose, Calif.; State College, Pa.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and Wichita, Kan.



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