Total Investment - $78,507,397
Rationale
All children in Newark deserve to have access to high-quality public school options, both through traditional District schools and/or charter schools.
Grants
Newark Teacher Contract - $48,500,000
FNF is providing funding for one of the most progressive teacher contracts in the country that for the first time in New Jersey links teacher pay to student performance. It also offers teachers the opportunity for continuous improvement through peer review and professional development.
Newark Charter School Fund - $4,275,000
FNF is partnering with Newark Charter School Fund to support quality growth of the charter school sector and collaboration with Newark Public Schools. This funding will help NCSF continue to build a strong charter sector by increasing transparency and accountability, securing affordable facilities, ensuring that charters serve a representative cross-section of Newark students, and sharing best practices with the Newark Public School District.
Newark Public Schools Technical Assistance Grant (2012-2013) – $4,000,000
Technical assistance funding to support NPS Superintendent’s priorities to transform Newark Public Schools into a service oriented organization, primarily focused on talent management and human capital, finance and operations, and innovation.
Newark Public Schools Diagnostic and Transition Phase (2011-2012)– $2,845,582
Funds provided to support a complete diagnostic of Newark Public Schools and facilitate the transition and opening months of the Superintendent’s tenure.
Newark Public Schools Support 2015 (2015)– $2,493,600
Funds provided to support the new Newark Public Schools Superintendent’s transition and his work to build the capacity of the district to be efficiently and effectively returned to local control.
TNTP - $2,185,826
TNTP is partnering with Newark Public Schools (NPS) to create a comprehensive and sustainable talent system at Newark Public Schools. With grants over two years, TNTP has assisted NPS with implementation of a teacher evaluation system, development of a toolkit to ensure continuous support and professional development for principals, teachers, and district leaders, identification of policies and practices to enable NPS to have a high quality teaching force, and support for central office operations.
Teach for America – $1,000,000
Support for Teach for America to recruit, place, and support its corps members in Newark in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years.
American Institutes for Research - $987,955
Grant funds to conduct a comprehensive, rigorous, and academically sound evaluation of Newark’s teacher contract.
BRICK – $900,000
A series of grants over three years to support BRICK Academy’s work at Peshine and Avon Avenue schools to offer academic excellence and wraparound services to students and families in Newark’s South Ward and to implement its plan for the South Ward Children’s Alliance.
Bard High School Early College – $850,000
At this NPS school, students are offered an accelerated curriculum with two years of a tuition free college liberal arts program. Students graduate with a NJ high school diploma and an Associate in Arts degree from Bard College.
Class Wallet – $769,440
An initiative for the back to school season in 2015 that provided every Newark teacher with $100 to purchase back to school supplies for their classroom. In addition, every Newark principal received $7,500 for parent and community engagement, teacher professional development, or other needs at their school that their traditional discretionary budget does not cover.
Eagle Academy for Young Men – $725,000
FNF is providing funds to this NPS school model that will educate boys in grades 6-12. Eagle’s mission is to promote academic excellence and character development in a single-sex community for Newark’s young men through a rigorous, college-preparatory middle and high school curriculum.
New Leaders – $700,000
New Leaders is conducting an “Emerging Leaders” program in partnership with Newark Public Schools to train 75 NPS teachers over three years in a rigorous, practice-based leadership development curriculum. Upon completion of the program, teachers will take leadership positions within their schools. Additionally, New Leaders has partnered with NPS to develop a new system of principal evaluation and development.
Newark Trust for Education Pooled Fund for High Quality School Options - $650,000
Along with other local funders, FNF has contributed in 2012 and 2013 to a pooled fund that is administered by the Newark Trust for Education. Funds in the Innovative Schools Pooled Fund are made available to new NPS school models in Newark including BRICK Avon and Peshine, Eagle Academy, Girls Academy, Barringer STEAM, and Barringer Academy of Arts and Humanities, among others.
Teacher Innovation Fund - $600,000
Fund to give cohorts of teachers up to $10,000 in grants each to implement a new, innovative program in their school building that aligns with the demonstrated needs of the school community.
Civic Builders - $555,000
Support for Civic Builders’ work to assist the Newark Public Schools with identifying policy and advocacy strategies to ensure that all of its school buildings are offering 21st century learning environments for students.
Newark BRIDGES – $500,000
At this NPS school, rigorous and student-centered alternatives are provided for youth who have left the traditional system in order to nurture their power as learners and enable them to complete high school, college, and be career-ready.
Newark Leadership Academy – $500,000
At this NPS school, at-risk, high risk, or formerly out-of-school youth are given the opportunity to achieve academic successes and move on to college and career.
Keystone - $390,000
Completion of a plan commissioned by Newark Public Schools to improve upon the universal enrollment process by engaging the community, providing better information access on school options, increasing accountability and transparency, and ensuring excellent service to families.
Newark Trust for Education – $365,000
Administration of the Excellence in School Leadership Awards, an award program that honored exceptional principals and vice principals in Newark who agreed to lead Newark’s hardest to staff schools to begin the 2013-2014 school year.
Roseville Community Charter School – $350,000
Provides Roseville, a K-8 community charter school, with the financial resources necessary to fund the school’s initial scale-up costs, and ensure a successful first two years of operation.
People’s Preparatory Charter School – $350,000
Provides People’s Prep, a college prep charter high school, with the financial resources necessary to fund the school’s initial scale-up costs, and ensure a successful first two years of operation.
Citizen Schools - $350,000
FNF supported the implementation of the Citizen Schools expanded learning time (ELT) model at three NPS schools - Ivy Hill,Martin Luther King, and Spencer - in the 2011-2012 school year.
NJ After 3 - $350,000
The purpose of this grant is for NJ After 3 to administer pilot expanded learning time (ELT) programs at 4 Newark public schools in the 2012-2013 school year – providing a total of nearly 1,000 students with academic and enrichment programming after the traditional school day.
College Summit – $334,528
In support of the Newark Public Schools goal of fostering a college-going culture, FNF is funding College Summit to implement its college access programming in all of Newark’s comprehensive high schools in the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years.
Education Pioneers – $307,000
Education Pioneers is placing up to 30 graduate Fellows per summer in Newark at organizations including Newark Public Schools, iReform, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and NJLEEP, among others. The services the Fellows provide, and learning they gain over the summer, are both critical; however the ultimate goal is to bring talent to Newark that stays in Newark.
Great Oaks Charter School – $300,000
Funding to support the growth and professional development of the Great Oaks “Tutor Corps,” who provide small group instruction to the school’s students as part of its innovative model.
Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) – $300,000
FNF supported BELL in its implementation of an extended learning time initiative at Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Newark in the 2011-2012 school year. The initiative provided students with both academic and enrichment programs from 3-6pm.
The Future Project– $265,000
The Future Project is using this funding from FNF to establish a permanent presence for its innovative model of social-emotional learning and positive youth development in Newark. With this grant, Newark high school students at Shabazz, East Side, and Weequahic High Schools will be empowered to become leaders by shaping a future for themselves and their community, one dream at a time.
Center for Supportive Schools – $240,000
Implementation of Peer Group Connection, a peer-mentoring program, in 3 Newark high schools (East Side, West Side, and Science Park).
Hetrick Martin Institute – $225,000
Planning dollars to open a new NPS High School, Sakia Gunn, that would create an educational environment that is safe and inclusive of all young people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Newark Montclair Urban Teacher Residency - $204,000
The NMUTR will use FNF funds to implement a pilot new teacher induction program at four Renew Schools: Chancellor Avenue, Peshine Avenue, Newton Street, and Sussex Avenue.
Institute for Innovation in Public School Choice - $186,000
This funding supports the Institute in Innovation for Public School Choice in designing and implementing an open high school enrollment system for Newark Public Schools.
Education Resource Strategies – NPS Strategic Resource Mapping – $184,511
Funding to support NPS in conducting a sophisticated financial audit to better allocate resources.
Pathways to College – $180,000
Continuation of Pathways to College, a college access program for at-risk youth, at Barringer, East Side, and Weequahic High Schools.
Big Picture Learning – $175,000
Planning dollars to open a new NPS school, Newark STEAM Academy, that would offer students a curriculum focused on science, engineering, the arts, and technology.
Parthenon Group - $135,000
Support for the creation of a report to determine the full cost of upgrading Newark’s schools to 21st century learning environments.
Newark Public Schools - $129,540
FNF provided the funds necessary to offer the opportunity of an expanded school day to students at two NPS schools – 18th Avenue and Quitman Street Schools – in the 2011-2012 school year.
New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition - $115,460
NJSACC is providing a coordinating role for extended learning time services at Newark Public Schools including capacity building for the district’s Office of Extended Learning Time and professional development for community based organizations, schools, and teachers.
Newark Charter School Fund – $100,000
This grant will provide the necessary funding to create a new institute that will conduct promising practice summits and a new Principals Coaching Principals pilot program to facilitate building relationships between public charter schools and traditional district schools.
St. Benedict’s Prep – $100,000
This grant provided St. Benedict’s with the resources necessary to codify their school model that emphasizes student voice and leadership. The resulting publication serves as a guide for school leaders in the city, state, and country.
Center for Collaborative Change - $63,070
The Center for Collaborative Change provided strategic planning and technical assistance to a diverse group of stakeholders involved in an NPS extended learning time initiative.
New Jersey After 3 - $50,000
FNF partnered with NJ After 3 to create a landscape assessment and analysis of extended learning time programs in Newark in the 2011-2012 school year. The report will be shared with an extensive list of stakeholders in order to inform best practice and codify lessons learned in future initiatives.
SchoolForce - $50,000
Consistent with our goal of providing one-time seed funding necessary to get critical systems up and running, FNF joined local funding partners to co-fund SchoolForce, the online system used to manage One Newark Enrolls. SchoolForce matches students to schools based on their top choices and ensures equity by taking into account such important factors as neighborhood, student need, and family choice when determining placements.
La Casa de Don Pedro – $40,000
As part of their commitment to Newark’s Lower Broadway Neighborhood, La Casa de Don Pedro will partner with McKinley School to provide students with autism and their teachers with iPads.
Young Women’s Leadership Network - $32,500
Planning dollars to explore opening an all girls, grades 6-12, school in Newark in the 2013-2014 school year.
Lotus Yoga - $31,050
As part of its support for extended learning time, FNF provided these funds to Lotus Yoga for programming at NPS schools.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) - $30,000
FNF supported NJPAC to take part in a summer school pilot – Project Plus – at Camden Street School. The pilot offered traditional academic services in the morning with enrichment in the afternoon, with NJPAC artists in residence bringing arts programming to 120 1st through 4th graders.
NJ After 3 - $15,000
The purpose of this grant is for New Jersey After 3 to assist Newark Public Schools with the development of a strategic plan to systemically expand student learning time. Specifically, the strategic plan will address issues of access, participation, quality, and sustainability.
