Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie
Release Date:
05/22/2013
A review of the findings from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges.
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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time
Release Date:
05/15/2013
An op-ed by Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas.
$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College
Release Date:
04/29/2013
The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is giving $15 million to New Community College, one of the largest donations ever for a public two-year college. The foundation is giving an additional $10 million to increase graduation rates at all seven...
A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org
Release Date:
03/28/2013
Five years ago, the Open Society Foundations created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society.
Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This initial commitment to support district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point.
Providence Wins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Cities Challenge
Release Date:
03/13/2013
The Providence Talks project, which will help low-income parents improve their kids’ language skills, secured the $5 million top prize for Providence, R.I., in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayor’s Challenge.
Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg
Release Date:
03/05/2013
The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Open Society Foundations.
Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support
Release Date:
02/06/2013
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness...
With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater
Release Date:
01/29/2013
The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...
Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?
Release Date:
01/11/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
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