Annenberg Schools Program Yields Millions, but Gets Mixed Results

The $500-million that the philanthropist Walter Annenberg committed to helping public schools in 1993 produced more than $600-million in matching funds from foundations, businesses, governments, and other sources, says a report released by the Annenberg Foundation this month.

The report, which was designed to summarize the results of the donation and offer lessons to other donors interested in improving public schools, said that the money produced mixed results.

The grant

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