Category: General News

Friday, June 27, 2003 in Philadelphia Inquirer by Martha Woodall Fifteen years ago, Main Line businessman Winston J. “Win” Churchill stopped by the Gesu School, a private Catholic school in North Philadelphia to talk about helping to put a playground cage atop the building. But what began with a simple visit evolved into a mission…

Sunday, June 15, 2003 in Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge) by Charles Lussier Lucille Gray’s son, Hase, spent his first years in school at South Boulevard Elementary School. He learned how to speak a little Spanish – he can still count to 12. But his mother, while she liked the school, had other plans. She wanted…

Monday, May 5, 2003 in Washington Post By Roxanne Roberts In the Good Ol’ Days, way back in 2000, the stock market was bullish and the vibrations were good. The Beach Boys performed at the Best Friends benefit that year, and mega-millionaires Jim Kimsey, Joe Robert, Raul Fernandez and Steve Case bid $ 150,000 for…

Friday, January 3, 2003 in Sacramento Bee By Michael Warder The largest item in the budget is K-12 education. Since the education system of California is one of the worst in the country, let’s rethink the model. California might consider adapting a version of Pennsylvania’s tax credit for businesses that contribute money directly to a…

Monday, August 26, 2002 in Los Angeles Daily News by Michael Warder The rules of education have changed. The Supreme Court decided in late June that public money could fund vouchers that allow parents to choose particular private schools for their children, even if the schools are religious. And the “No Child Left Behind” law…

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 in Los Angeles Daily News By Michael Warder THE $23.6 billion California budget squeeze provides an opportunity for foundations, corporations, individuals and families to step up and make a big difference in the education of thousands of children from low-income families. Consider the current condition of California’s largest school district, Los…

Friday, May 17, 2002 in Dayton Daily News By Scott Elliott DAYTON – Parents Advancing Choice in Education could begin offering private school scholarships to low-income families in suburban Montgomery County communities as early as this fall. T.J. Wallace, program director, said the group will use a challenge grant from the Children’s Scholarship Fund for…

Friday, March 15, 2002 in Daily Oklahoman By Carla Hinton John T. Walton, businessman, philanthropist and son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, was honored Thursday night for his way of improving the nation’s public education system. Walton became the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs 2002 Oklahoma Citizenship Award recipient at the organization’s annual citizenship award…

Thursday, March 7, 2002 in Buffalo News By Peter Simon Vouchers allowed Buffalo residents James and Valerie Booker to realize their dream of sending their four children to religious elementary schools. The same local scholarship fund helped a 55-year-old Lutheran school in Eggertsville fend off financial troubles and remain open during a period of steeply…

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 in Christian Science Monitor by Marjorie Coeyman The Children’s Scholarship Fund is set to do it again. In 1998, financier Ted Forstmann of Forstmann Little & Co. and John Walton, heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, made headlines when they created the fund, making $ 200 million available to help send 40,000…