PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE DANIEL TANNER FOUNDATION
“Education Reform, Communities and Social Justice: Exploring the Intersections” national research conferences, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. For more information, go to http://edandsocialjustice.wix.com/rutgersedconference
The University of South Carolina is pleased to announce the completion of its Secondary School Study exhibitions and catalog. To download a pdf of the exhibition catalog, go to http://www.ed.sc.edu/museum/secondary_study.html
The Daniel Tanner Foundation has supported the work of a number of scholarly associations, including the John Dewey Society, Society for Professors of Education, Society for the Study of Curriculum History, and Society of Professors of Curriculum.
Research grants have been awarded to Save Our Schools NJ (SOSNJ), a grassroots, all-volunteer organization of parents and other public education supporters who believe that every child in New Jersey should have access to a high-quality public education. The research that The Daniel Tanner Foundation funded consists of an analysis of New Jersey charter school demographic composition, funding, and spending relative to district public schools. The three resulting research reports are available at http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/nj-charter-school-data/
The Daniel Tanner Foundation has supported such journals as Education and Culture and The High School Journal, and has published John Dewey’s Sources of a Science of Education(1929), which had gone out of print. The new edition (2013) contains John Dewey’s last published statement and a new Introduction.
The Daniel Tanner Foundation supported the Culinary Arts Program at Wildwood Public Schools, NJ. This innovative initiative provided students with practical, career-building skills in culinary arts, empowering them to explore vocational pathways while fostering teamwork and confidence.
The Foundation provided an award to Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, to support the John Dewey Annual Lecture. This event honored the philosophical and democratic legacy of John Dewey, and promoted discourse around educational justice, theory, and practice.
To support innovation and experiential learning among students, the Foundation helped establish the Aptos Makerspace – a hands-on laboratory in Applied Arts and Sciences at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco.
The Daniel Tanner Foundation sponsored the opening of the Student Study Room in the Alexander Library at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. This dedicated space was designed to support student research, reflection, and academic collaboration.
https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/book-a-space/daniel-tanner-foundation-student-study-room
The Foundation supported the High School Internship Program in Public Health at the Cleveland Clinic, OH. This initiative is introducing high school students to careers in public health and healthcare administration, providing them with mentorship, research exposure, and a strong foundation for service-driven fields.
https://philanthropy.clevelandclinic.org/tanner-foundation_2024.html
The Foundation completed a major initiative through a $1.2 million renovation of the Krauskopf Memorial Library at Delaware Valley University, PA. The transformation created a modern, accessible, and inspiring academic hub that reinforced the university’s mission to integrate knowledge with practice.
The Daniel Tanner Foundation established the Daniel Tanner Endowed Professorship in Curriculum Studies on Adolescence and Democracy at The Ohio State University. This professorship advanced research and teaching focused on youth, curriculum theory, and democratic practice.
https://ehe.osu.edu/news/listing/teachers-saved-alumnus-now-hes-paying-it-forward-again
Other projects supported by the Foundation include historic research conducted through the Museum of Education at the University of South Carolina, publications of the John Dewey Society including the official history of the John Dewey Society, Crusade for Democracy: Progressive Education at the Crossroads (rev. ed., SUNY Press, 2015) and the engagement of high school students in a cancer-research laboratory under a research professor at the University of South Florida.
The Foundation is presently considering research proposals spanning a wide range of areas, including teacher education and career education for high school students. Grants are renewable based upon progress, need and success.