Programs and Projects

In 1966 George H. Reavis, a distinguished Ohio educator and longtime Kappan, provided the initial endowment to establish the Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. In the 40 years of its existence, the Foundation has produced some impressive numbers:

• Scholarships — for a total of more than $1,000,000 — awarded
  to future educators and education graduate students: 1,000+

• Middle schools and high schools that have hosted clubs of
  our Future Educators Association: 1,000+

• Fastbacks disseminated — 533 titles over 33 years: 8,000,000+

• Books published on professional topics, ranging from
  classroom management to the National Assessment of
  Education Progress, and written by distinguished authors,
  such as Edgar Dale and John Goodlad: 200+

• Educators who have participated in summer
  Gabbard Institutes for professional development: 10,000+

• Participants in international educational travel
  programs supported by Read funds: 2,500+

• Years that PDK/Gallup polls have been gathering the
  American people’s opinions about their public schools: 39

• Publications donated to libraries and teacher centers: 50,000+

Number of Kappans who have donated some
$12,000,000 to the Foundation since its inception:
COUNTLESS — all of them people like you.