Date | Amount | Purpose | Recipient | Funder |
12-30-2004 | 149,040 | Within-District School Finance Analysis Paul Hill and Marguerite Roza will examine how school districts distribute resources among schools and explore whether resources could be distributed more equitably and effectively in order to promote student learning. Using data from school districts, they will study factors, such as administrative spending for central office functions and collective bargaining agreements with teacher unions, that affect the distribution of resources among schools. The project's findings will appear in a series of papers and reports. |
University of Washington | Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-30-2004 | 91,572 | The Costs, Benefits, and Effects of Collective Bargaining in Education Jane Hannaway and Andrew Rotherham will commission research and convene a conference on how collective bargaining agreements between teacher unions and school districts affect school reform initiatives. The project will trace the evolution of collective bargaining agreements in education and examine their impact on school productivity, school finance, and teacher quality. The project's findings will appear in an edited volume. |
Urban Institute, The | Smith Richardson Foundation |
10-9-2003 | 72,500 | To support a feasibility study of Local-Only Teacher Unions | Mackinac Center for Public Policy | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
1-6-2003 | 200,000 | The Teacher Union Task Force program | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1999 | 25,000 | Research and publications on the teacher unions. | Education Policy Institute | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
8-9-1998 | 50,000 | To support research on teacher unions and education reform | Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
4-8-1998 | 50,000 | To support research on teacher unions and education reform | Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-9-1997 | 50,000 | To support research on teacher unions and education reform | Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
8-10-1997 | 50,000 | To support research on teacher unions and education reform | Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1996 | 65,000 | Studies on teacher unions | Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1996 | 50,000 | A series of publications on the teacher unions | Education Policy Institute | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1996 | 15,000 | To publicize Dr. Myron Lieberman's forthcoming book, The Teacher Unions | Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation | JM Foundation |