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Your gift to the Johns Hopkins School of Education strengthens our ability to deliver world-class research, innovative academic programs, and evidence-based practice and policy. See below for a variety of ways your gift could support our mission.
UNRESTRICTED – WHERE NEED IS GREATEST
Unrestricted funds are used to address the area of greatest need, allowing flexibility to respond to unforeseen challenges. These funds are especially important during COVID-19 and the constantly evolving educational landscape.
THE JEFFREY A. GRIGG MEMORIAL AWARD
Your gift enhances the prize given to a PhD student who demonstrates excellence in Baltimore-focused research. The prize includes support for the recipient’s research and for a visiting speaker. Gifts also may be made payable by check to Johns Hopkins University, with Grigg Memorial Award in the memo line. Send to: School of Education, 2800 N. Charles St., Ste. 300, Baltimore, MD 21218.
DEAN’S INNOVATION FUND
Your gift to the Dean’s Innovation Fund provides seed funding for preeminent projects and innovative ideas that come up during the year. In the past the Dean has used the fund to support projects focused on promoting safe and healthy schools, the E-School + initiative that examined the ethical concerns around closing and opening schools in a pandemic, and several programs supporting diversity in the SOE community.
STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND
Your gift offers a lifeline to a struggling student. Many of our students experience financial challenges and encounter unexpected obstacles on their educational path. This fund is dedicated to assist in times of need to keep our students on track. More information, including the form to request funding, can be found on the Student Emergency Fund web page.
HENDERSON-HOPKINS
Your gift to Henderson-Hopkins provides essential resources and support for the continued operation of the Johns Hopkins School of Education’s flagship partnership school located in East Baltimore near Johns Hopkins Hospital.
MEHP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Your gift supports a new generation of health professionals to serve as effective educational leaders and researchers for schools and training programs related to medicine, public health, nursing and other health professions. Gifts to this fund will be dedicated to students in the Master of Education in the Health Professions program.
ALUMNI ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Our work as a global leader in education starts with our very own students. Your gift provides unrestricted scholarship funding for qualifying students in any SOE program.
Supporting Research
SOE RESEARCH FUND
SOE supports a wide variety of research projects covering a diverse spectrum of ideas. This fund helps cover the overhead and general needs for all the centers; your gift ensures that our researchers can follow their findings wherever they lead.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND REFORM IN EDUCATION
Your gift will help improve the quality of education for disadvantaged children in grades pre-K to 12 through high-quality research and evaluation studies and the dissemination of evidence-based research. Learn more about the Center for Research and Reform in Education.
EVERYONE GRADUATES CENTER (EGC)
Your gift helps to develop and disseminate the know-how required to enable all students to graduate from high school prepared for college, career, and civic life. Through a systematic and comprehensive approach, EGC combines analysis of the causes, location, and consequences of the nation’s dropout crisis with the development of tools and models designed to keep all students on the path to high school graduation.
EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM (ELP)
The Early Learning Program conducts research and collaborates with early learning communities to create classrooms of educational excellence dedicated to the full development of children in at-risk communities. Your gift directly supports their efforts.
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION (CTE)
Your gift will help CTE change lives through knowledge that matters by designing, developing, and implementing technology-enhanced solutions to ensure equal access to education in classrooms and work setting supports the design, development, and implementation of technology-enhanced solutions to address a wide range of challenges in educational and work settings across the globe.
NEURO-EDUCATION INITIATIVE (NEI)
Your gift supports this collaborative effort of the School of Education and regional, national, and international partners who study how the learning sciences can inform educational practices and policies. The NEI has become an international leader in the cutting-edge field of neuro-education and was among the first university initiatives to foster interdisciplinary collaborations to address the intersection between education and basic and applied science.
BALTIMORE EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (BERC)
The Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) is a research-practice partnership (RPP) that was founded in 2005 as a partnership between Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools), Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University. In 2017 BERC expanded the consortium to include nine additional Maryland institutions of higher education. BERC works collaboratively with City Schools, other city and state agencies, and other youth serving organizations in Baltimore while maintaining an independent voice and is a highly valued contributor to the efforts and public conversation surrounding the education of children in our public schools.
CENTER FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS
Your gift helps this center take on the complex, urgent issue of school safety with comprehensive, evidence-based solutions focused on student well-being, safety and learning success. Learn more about the Center for Safe and Health Schools.
IDEALS INSTITUTE
The educators, researchers, practitioners, and experts at the IDEALS Institute work to improve lives the creating and improving the operations of large systems that impact children, families, and vulnerable adults. Your gift supports their efforts to ensure that everyone has lifelong access to high-quality care and education.
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (CSOS)
Your gift supports the staff of full-time sociologists, psychologists, and educators, who study how the organization of schools can impact the academic achievement, development, and future career success of students. Learn more about the Center for Social Organization of Schools.
NATIONAL NETWORK OF PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS (NNPS)
Your gift supports the researchers of NNPS in bringing together schools, districts, states, and organizations, and using research-based approaches to organize and sustain excellent programs of family and community involvement that will increase student success in school.
NOBODY ASKED ME CAMPAIGN
Your gift directly supports this community-focused research project highlights the lived experiences of students, families, and community members, and uses this information to craft policy. Learn more about the Nobody Asked Me Campaign.
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION POLICY (IEP)
The Institute for Education Policy provides evidence-based policy guidance to federal, state, and local school systems; designs tools for the field that accelerate student learning; and translates international research into the language of practice. We believe that all students should have access to intellectually challenging curricula, school cultures that support their wellbeing, and highly trained educators. Your gift directly supports these efforts.