Verifiable outcomes and accountability. Educational diversity, competition, and choice. Knowledgeable, capable, and professional teachers. The dissemination of sound research and candid public information about school performance. The Foundation does not support unsolicited projects or consider unsolicited proposals from elsewhere.
Most projects are national in scope, including research and publications.
Other projects focus on the Dayton area, although many of these also have national significance. The Foundation does not support capital campaigns or construction projects. Rarely does it provide continuing support for routine operations. It is primarily interested in well-defined projects with a beginning and an end, projects leading to information that advances knowledge of effective education reform strategies consistent with the Foundation's principles. The Foundation's program seeks to make a difference in education, not simply by adding resources to established organizations or supporting conventional ideas and routine activities, but by seeking out well-conceived projects and able individuals that go against the grain, challenge the conventional wisdom, alter the status quo, and work outside the box.