$53 Million Annenberg Gift to L.A. Project Announced
A year after pledging $500 million for the nation's public schools, the philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg has announced that $53 million of that money will support broad school-reform efforts in Los Angeles.
The announcement late last month at a public magnet school in Los Angeles marks Mr. Annenberg's second recent gift to a major metropolitan area. Last September, he gave $25 million to the New York Networks for School Renewal.
Mr. Annenberg announced his $500 million "challenge to the nation" in December 1993 at a White House ceremony and urged government leaders, corporations, and others to join him in support of public schools. At that time, he specified where the first $115 million would go but left the remainder...
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