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McCormick Foundation Affirms Long-term Commitment to Early Childhood Education by Investing an Additional $18 Million Over 3-Year Period; Grants Affirm 15 Years of Foundation Leadership in Preparing Youngest Learners |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: The McCormick Foundation Board of Directors at its second-quarter meeting approved more than $6.2 million in additional grants for 2008-the first installment of over $18 million to be invested through 2011. Since 1993, the Foundation has invested more than $80 million in a broad range of activities to build a system of early care and education in Illinois. 2008 Program Grant Highlights Ensuring children who benefit from a strong early education transition smoothly into a K-12 system, the McCormick Foundation granted $695,000 to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Principal Preparation program. The two-year grant will develop an early care and education module that will increase aspiring principal's abilities to initiate and support high-quality early learning environments in their schools. About the McCormick Foundation's Education Program To ensure a high-quality system of early care and education in Illinois, the McCormick Foundation's Education Program focuses on three funding priority areas: public policy, quality assurance strategies and public awareness. In 2006, the Education Program's primary public policy goal was realized when Illinois enacted "Preschool for All," making it the first state in the nation with the statutory goal of providing free, voluntary quality preschool to all three- and four- year olds whose parents choose it. About the McCormick Foundation The McCormick Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in children, communities and country. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations.
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