"There's going to be some investor trepidation, " said Christian Busken, a real-estate analyst for Fund Evaluation Group, which advises institutional clients.

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An adequate evaluation of any prospective fund will necessarily include a thorough review of the fund manager and their team.

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The SIF is elevating proven community solutions, helping build scale through philanthropic leverage and evaluation of results to fund programs that work.

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Our ESEA reauthorization proposal, ESEA flexibility package, Race to the Top initiative, School Improvement Grant program, and the Teacher Incentive Fund all support the development of strong systems of educator evaluation and support.

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The fund's stock-picking process includes a scan of companies growing faster than their peers, a risk evaluation of balance sheets and the stability of cash flows, and a hard look at valuation, to see if a stock is worth the price.

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