NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS RECEIVE SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING FOR SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMNational Endowment for the Humanities and Dodge Foundation extend partnership WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2000 - The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Morristown, N.J.-based Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation have agreed for a second year to support the Humanities Scholar in Residence Program now in place in New Jersey schools. The program brings outside humanities educators into selected New Jersey schools to serve as consultants for improving the schools' humanities curriculum. The NEH-Dodge Humanities Scholars in Residence Program is open to public middle and high schools in New Jersey. The application deadline is October 16, 2000. The program is a pioneering effort to help schools rethink how they teach history, literature, and foreign languages and cultures-the subjects known as the humanities. Dodge provided $50,000 for the program in the 1999-2000 academic year, with grants of $10,000 to each of five schools, and will make identical contributions to five additional schools for next academic year. NEH administers the program and conducts the review process. "The Humanities Scholar in Residence Program taps the expertise of master educators to enrich the K-12 learning environment," said NEH Chairman William R. Ferris. "Before the NEH-Dodge partnership, this idea had never before been tried in a systematic way. Dodge has shown great leadership in education by coming forward with funding for the program, and we at NEH see our partnership as a model for providing K-12 educational enrichment in each state." "We are pleased with any effort that takes the scholarship of K-12 teachers seriously," said Alexandra Christy, the Dodge Foundation's senior program officer. "All the better if we can partner with an agency of the NEH's stature, reach and commitment to teaching and learning." For information and guidelines, call the NEH Division of Education Programs at (202) 606-8380 or e-mail your request to education@neh.gov. The Humanities Scholar in Residence Program provides grants to individual schools to cover visits by an outside humanities scholar or teacher, who will meet with administrators, teachers, librarians and students, and help them prepare an action plan for improving humanities teaching in the school. Follow-up consultations by the scholar will refine the plan, and in a report in the following year, the school team will assess changes that have been made and identify improvements in curriculum, environment and teaching. The five schools that have each received a $10,000 grant under the program for the 1999-2000 academic year are:
Burlington, Burlington City High School
Linwood, Mainland Regional High School
Pennsauken, Howard M. Phifer Middle School
Ridgewood, Ridgewood Public Schools
West Caldwell, James Caldwell High School |