Center for Investigative Reporting
For The California Schools Report Card Project
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term30.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. (Berkeley, CA) – Project; New; $400,000 over 2.5 years; 53% of project budget
For the California Schools Report Card project
We recommend this grant to fund the creation of a new, comprehensive, searchable database containing the information in School Accountability Report Cards that all California K-12 schools (almost 10,000 in total) are required to publish each year. Data include school outcomes, student and teacher characteristics, special programs, teacher vacancies and salaries, other spending categories, and many other related facts. We expect that this database will provide a wealth of valuable information to parents, policymakers, researchers, and members of the media who are concerned about California’s schools.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org
Grants to this Grantee
for StoryWorks’ Teaching the Constitution Through Theater program
The Center for Investigative Reporting's Teaching the Constitution Through Theater program at StoryWorks develops transformative educational theater experiences that provide students with the opportunity to examine our country’s civil rights history. The program engages students and educators in experiential learning that inspires deeper reflection and higher-order questions about the historical underpinnings behind contemporary issues, including racial and economic inequality. This grant will allow StoryWorks to expand access to Teaching the Constitution Through Theater to new schools and communities with increased racial and economic diversity. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
for general operating support
Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) was the first nonprofit organization in the nation devoted to independent, high-quality investigative journalism. In 2012, CIR merged with The Bay Citizen, greatly enhancing its coverage of local and regional issues. Today, CIR is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative reporting organization in the country. It is also the only nonprofit journalism organization nationwide with the in-house ability to fully produce stories on multiple platforms: print/text, video, radio, and social media. This grant would accompany an organizational effectiveness grant to CIR on the November 2013 docket, supporting strategic planning.
