Gender and Educational Philanthropy : New Perspectives on Funding, Collaboration, and Assessment

This Book Explores The Complex Questions Facing Funding Agencies And Foundations As They Grapple To Understand And Define Gender Equity In Education. As A Collection Of Writings, Many Of Which Are Written By The Foundations Themselves, The Book Engages The Reader In The Different Approaches Funders Use To Define Gender Equity, Target Limited Resources, And Create Collaborative Relationships That Will Ultimately Make Schools More Equitable And Engaging For Boys And Girls Of A Variety Of Cultural Backgrounds. Pt. I. Definitions Of Gender Equity -- 1. Talking About Gender Equity And Education : A Frameworks Message Memo / Joseph Grady And Axel Aubrun -- 2. Gender Matters : Funding Effective Programs For Women And Girls / Molly Mead -- 3. Grantmaking With A Gender Lens / Grantcraft -- 4. Bringing Funders Together To Talk About Girls : A Roundtable Discussion / The Valentine Foundation -- 5. Saving Black Boys / Rosa Smith -- 6. Including Boys In Our Conversation About Gender And Justice / Michael Reichert -- 7. Supporting Boys’ Resilience : A Dialogue With Researchers, Practitioners, And The Media / Allyson Pimentel -- Pt. Ii. Collaborations And Program Assessment -- 8. Power And Possibilities : Collaborative Fund For Youth-led Social Change / Ami Nagle, Marisha Wignaraja, P. Catlin Fullwood And Margaret Hempel -- 9. Young Women For Change / The Michigan Women’s Foundation -- 10. Collaborations For Gender Equity In The Context Of Policy And System-wide Change : An Interview With The Editors / Shirley Mark, Alice Ginsberg And Marybeth Gasman -- 11. Sisters Empowering Sisters And A Case Study : Girl World / The Girl’s Best Friend Foundation -- 12. Gender Equity In Urban Education : New Relationships Between Funding And Evaluation / Alice Ginsberg. Edited By Alice E. Ginsberg And Marybeth Gasman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [241]-253) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Part I: Definitions of Gender Equity......Page 32 One: Talking about Gender Equity and Education: A FrameWorks Message Memo......Page 34 Two: Gender Matters: Funding Effective Programs for Women and Girls......Page 50 Three: Grantmaking with a Gender Lens......Page 84 Four: Bringing Funders Together to Talk about Girls: A Roundtable Discussion......Page 106 Five: Saving Black Boys......Page 126 Six: Including Boys in Our Conversation about Gender and Justice......Page 134 Seven: Supporting Boys’ Resilience: A Dialogue with Researchers, Practitioners, and the Media......Page 150 Part II: Collaborations and Program Assessment......Page 172 Eight: Power and Possibilities: Collaborative Fund for Youth-Led Social Change......Page 174 Nine: Young Women for Change......Page 194 Ten: Collaborations for Gender Equity in the Context of Policy and System-Wide Change: An Interview with the Editors......Page 204 Eleven: Sisters Empowering Sisters and a Case Study: Girl World......Page 208 Twelve: Gender Equity in Urban Education: New Relationships between Funding and Evaluation......Page 220 Notes on Contributors......Page 252 Supplementary Bibliography......Page 258 B......Page 272 E......Page 273 G......Page 274 M......Page 275 S......Page 276 W......Page 277 Y......Page 278 This book explores the complex questions facing funding agencies and foundations as they grapple to understand and define gender equity in education. It covers different approaches funders use to define gender equity, target limited resources, and create collaborative relationships that will ultimately make schools equitable and engaging for all.