J.M. Kaplan Fund Names Innovation Prize Finalists
Release Date:
09/29/2015
Up to 10 of the finalists will be awarded the J.M.K. Innovation Prize. Winners will be announced in November 2015.
Education
Ellen Meltzer Joins the Schott Foundation as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Release Date:
09/25/2015
The Schott Foundation for Public Education is pleased to announce that Ellen Meltzer has joined our team as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. In this role, Ellen will guide collaborative efforts with philanthropic partners, help leverage...
The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers
Release Date:
09/25/2015
Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers will be joining The Century Foundation board of trustees. Together they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF.
Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?
Release Date:
09/22/2015
The Century Foundation offers insight on the various student debt relief programs.
The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration
Release Date:
09/16/2015
A new report, Charters without Borders: Using Inter-district Charter Schools as a Tool for Regional School Integration, outlines how charter schools can and should be part of the solution to addressing this issue of inter-district segregation.
Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz gives speech that mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted "interest" by Moskowitz in unseating de...
William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students
Release Date:
09/10/2015
The study looked at more than 500 Black and Latino college students who entered college in the fall of 2013.
Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
09/04/2015
Linda Darling-Hammond will lead the new program, which will employ 30 researchers.
$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded the University of Pennsylvania a $2 million grant to support University initiatives in the digital humanities in both Penn Arts & Sciences and Penn Libraries.
Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
At Verizon, 60 percent of the new hires are within IT or engineering—but only a quarter of them are women.
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