Conference Proceedings/Report on "Effective Education Grantmaking" -- 2003 Grantmakers for Education Conference

教育资助者(GFE)连接了当今从事教育工作的最广泛领域的慈善家的工作，并帮助基金会和捐赠者提高他们的效率。该组织的使命是加强慈善事业的能力，以改善所有学生的教育成果，通过为基金会领导人提供合作、共同研究问题和反思工作的机会来实现这一目标。GFE的重点项目之一是年度会议，每年召集300名授权者。2003年，GFE会议通过审查教育赠款取得了哪些成就，以及赠款如何更好地利用教育(从早期年级到高等教育)的变化来探讨影响和效果问题。为期一天的研讨会(以及补充会议和实地访问)审查可持续性战略、影响政策的战略和参与成功复制的战略，尤其是影响数学和科学教育的努力。该项目支持撰写、印刷和分发会议记录出版物。教育资助是改善国家教育体系的重要工具，尤其是在数学和科学领域，会议(及其会议记录)旨在使教育资助更有效，产生更大的影响。智力价值：通过案例研究和与教育和慈善领域领导人的讨论，会议确定基金会领导人如何更好地改变教育政策，随着时间的推移维持成功的项目，复制模式，从而更好地影响学生成绩。更广泛的影响：通过发布和传播关于会议主题和调查结果的报告，GFE不仅影响了出席会议的人的赠款实践，也影响了更广泛的教育慈善领域。

Grantmakers for Education (GFE) connects the work of the broadest cross-section of philanthropists working in education today and helps foundations and donors improve their effectiveness. The mission of the organization is to strengthen the capacity of philanthropy to improve educational outcomes for all students, which it accomplishes by providing opportunities for foundation leaders to work together, study issues together, and reflect on their work. One of the key projects of GFE is an annual conference, which convenes 300 grantmakers each year. In 2003, the GFE conference explores issues of impact and effectiveness by examining what education grantmaking has accomplished and how grants can better leverage change in education (from the early grades through higher education). Day long workshops (and complementary sessions and site visits) examine strategies for sustainability, strategies for influencing policy, and strategies for engaging in successful replication including, prominently, efforts to impact math and science education This project supports writing, printing, and distributing a conference proceedings publication. Education grantmaking is a significant tool for improving the education system of the nation, especially in mathematics and science, and the conference (and a report on its proceedings) seeks to make education grantmaking more effective and have greater impact.Intellectual merit: Through case studies and discussions with leaders in the fields of education and philanthropy, conference sessions identify ways foundation leaders can better change education policies, sustain successful programs over time, replicate models and thereby impact student achievement better.Broader impact: By publishing and disseminating a report on the conference themes and findings, GFE influences the grantmaking practices of not only those attending the conference, but also of the broader field of education philanthropy.