Category: The CSF Family
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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CSF Celebrates National School Choice Week
This week’s second annual National School Choice Week has been a resounding success, shining a spotlight on the need for effective education options for all children. Events in every state have drawn national figures including Bill Cosby, Dick Morris, and James Carville in support of parental choice, governors have issued proclamations, and thousands of Americans…
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Catch Up with the Latest CSF Newsletter
Read all about it! The latest CSF newsletter is hot off the presses. Newsletter highlights include: A tribute to CSF Co-Founder Ted Forstmann; Updates from our partners across the nation; Photos from a recent CSF alumni event; A reminder about our Pamella Roland online auction; And a feature on St. George’s Independent School in Memphis.
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Remembering Joe Robert
By CSF President Darla Romfo All of us at Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) were deeply saddened to hear that Joseph E. Robert Jr. passed away this Wednesday, December 7th. Joe was a dear friend to CSF. Serving on our board of advisors since the early days, Joe’s leadership of the Washington Scholarship Fund provided us…
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Ted, You Will Be Greatly Missed
By CSF President Darla Romfo In the midst of the sadness, I have loved reading all that has been written about our friend and co-founder Ted Forstmann since his passing on Sunday. His contributions to the world of finance, philanthropy, and education reform are well known by now. I feel very fortunate to have known him on a slightly more personal level through…
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John Kirtley on Ted Forstmann’s Legacy
Tributes to CSF’s co-founder Ted Forstmann have been pouring in today. redefinED has a touching piece by John Kirtley, Chairman of Florida’s Step Up for Students, about his experience working with Ted and CSF to form a CSF partner program in Tampa Bay – and how CSF was the “spark” for tax credit and voucher…
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Remembering Ted Forstmann
Today, Children’s Scholarship Fund mourns the loss of our co-founder and co-chair Theodore J. (Ted) Forstmann.
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CSF in Today’s Wall Street Journal
Be sure to read Daniel Henninger’s column about Children’s Scholarship Fund in today’s Wall Street Journal. The article, “Forstmann’s Not So Little Idea,” recounts the story of how Ted Forstmann and John Walton founded CSF on the belief that parents should be actively involved in their children’s education: Mr. Forstmann has long argued that all…
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Parent Power!
Check out this great Education Next piece from Bruno Manno about how grassroots parent groups are making gains and demanding better schools and more choices for their children. Empowering parents with the ability to choose good schools (as well as the information they need to determine the best school for their child) is absolutely vital,…
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CSF Gets Four Stars – Again!
In July, we were happy to pass along the news that CSF had earned another four-star rating from Charity Navigator – our fifth consecutive four-star rating! However, today we got even more good news. Charity Navigator has expanded its rating system to consider accountability and transparency as well as financial efficiency and fiscal responsibility –…