

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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