Sample Grants
Grant Title Award Date Grant Amount
 
Place of Religious Literature in Public Schools

Ms. Sarah Jenislawski, Executive Director
Bible Literacy Project, Inc. (New York  NY)

This grant supported the publication of The Bible and Its Influence, a new textbook based on three research studies designed to assess what public schools are teaching about religion, including the Bible.  In the first study, “What High School English Teachers Think Students Need to Know About the Bible,” researchers surveyed leading high school English teachers on what Biblical knowledge should be taught to students to master the standard public high school English curriculum.  In part two of the study, “What University Professors Think Students Need to Know About the Bible,” the survey was given to university professors in the arts and humanities at elite universities.  In the third study, “What do American Public High School Students Know About Religion?” a nationally representative sample of high school students were questioned on whether and how religious and biblical material was covered in their high school’s curriculum.
November 2003 $248,387
Character Education – The Formation of Virtues and Dispositions in the 16-19 Age Range

Professor James Arthur, Director
National Institute for Christian Education Research [NICER]

This grant supports the research, evaluation and re-mapping of character education in Britain. The goal of the initiative is to release a set of research publications to help catalyze new approaches to character education among 16- to 19-year olds.
 September 2004 $356,262
National Schools of Character: Increasing the National Profile

Joseph W. Mazzola, Executive Director
Character Education Partnership (Washington DC)

The National Schools of Character [NSOC] program recognizes individual schools and school districts with awards for their exemplary work in improving the behavior and learning of their students through character education.
 November 2005 $1,370,028
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