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Private Giving to Public Schools and Districts in Los Angeles County
A Pilot Study
Recent reforms in school funding and education governance have made securing private support an important activity for many public schools and school districts. Through their pilot study of Los Angeles County districts and schools, the authors identify the private givers to public education, examine public-private partnerships that have developed and the mechanisms used to secure private resources, and identify the various types of private giving and how those contributions are used. In addition, the authors document the sorts of monetary and in-kind resources that schools and districts are most likely to secure given the economic resources available within their local communities. The authors also offer general strategies that schools and districts can use to secure private support and more-focused strategies to meet the specific challenges in raising private support for public education.
Contents
Preface PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Summary HTML
Acknowledgments PDF
Acronyms PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
What We Currently Know About Private Support of Public Education PDF
Chapter Three:
Research Methodology PDF
Chapter Four:
The Who, How, and What of Private Giving PDF
Chapter Five:
Lessons Learned from This Study PDF
Appendix A:
School Principal Interview Protocol PDF
Appendix B:
District Interview Protocol PDF
Appendix C:
Local Education Foundation Interview Protocol PDF
Appendix D:
Study Results on Local Education Foundations PDF
Appendix E:
Source Citations for the Private-Giving Matrix PDF
Bibliography PDF
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