Edgar Villanueva, VP of Programs & Advocacy at The Schott Foundation for Public Education urges philanthropy to see the tremendous potential in Native communities.
About 127,000 New York City public school students — or one in eight — have been homeless at some point in the last five school years, more than the total population of Boston and Seattle’s school systems combined.
Primary school teachers can either use complete, ready-made lessons directly on a digiboard, or use elements of the available resources to create their own lessons.
Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, said the department’s decision on the application should put an end to colleges’ attempts to dodge oversight by converting to nonprofit status.
New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit providing education access to high-achieving, low-income students, celebrated the accomplishments of 104 students completing its Scholars and Young Scholars Programs.
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.