Other Big Cities Pursued Goals, Strategies Similar to Chicago Project’s Plan
The Annenberg Challenge —then the largest private donation ever made to public education—was announced in December 1993 by Walter H. Annenberg, the publishing magnate who owned TV Guide, served as U.S. ambassador to Britain from 1969 to 1974, and had close friendships with Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Mr. Annenberg, who in 1989 had established the Annenberg Foundation with $1.2 billion in assets, explained that he made his historic commitment to school reform because he was concerned about rising violence among young people. “We must ask ourselves whether improving education will halt the violence,” he said at a White House ceremony with President Bill Clinton.
The idea behind the $500 million Annenberg Challenge was to require recipients to raise matching money from other sources, on the theory that the fundraising efforts would mobilize communities in...
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