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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
What We Currently Know About Private Support of Public Education
Chapter Three
Research Methodology
Chapter Four
The Who, How, and What of Private Giving
Chapter Five
Lessons Learned from This Study
Appendix A
School Principal Interview Protocol
Appendix B
District Interview Protocol
Appendix C
Local Education Foundation Interview Protocol
Appendix D
Study Results on Local Education Foundations
Appendix E
Source Citations for the Private-Giving Matrix
Bibliography
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