How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building
Release Date:
05/18/2015
... Imagine the possibilities. That’s what this book is about . It’s about fields of dreams, and about the people who were asked to imagine what could be ...
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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... classroom here poring over primary and secondary sources about the civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. There's his 1987 ... from the mid-20th century, which, in coded language, talk about his male companions...
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... attacks and their aftermath. According to one survey, only about 20 states include anything in depth about the events of that fateful day in their high school ... a narrow lens. Ask students born after 2001...
Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities
Release Date:
08/05/2013
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring for minority graduate students in STEM (science,...
Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
... changes in women’s labor market outcomes including education , experience, occupations, and pay. The second ...
Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Nonprofit Claims by For-Profit Colleges
Release Date:
10/06/2015
... from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Education .... Century Foundation ...
The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
... for bankruptcy in the face of charges of widespread fraud, education officials promised to “protect students from ... and safeguard the interests of taxpayers.” But the Education Department, despite a...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... Done With School The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education —from policy makers and teachers to activists and ...
Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... is not keeping pace, according to a recent Excelencia in Education analysis of federal data. In 2013, Latinos made up 17 percent of all students in higher education , up from 11 percent in 2003. Yet the percent...
NY Women's Foundation Co-Hosts Training on Healthy Manhood and Preventing Violence Against Women
Release Date:
12/07/2016
... nonprofits, including The Center for Anti-Violence Education , Safe Horizon, the New York City Department of ...
Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... universities to redesign teacher training, to revitalize education management degree programs to better reflect ... lawmakers for sustained or increasing support of secondary education ... Wallace Foundation...
Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) ... plans still need to be approved by the U.S. Department of Education . . . Most States Plan To...
Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told an audience in Washington Tuesday.
Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... hasn’t been a silver bullet solution for increasing education rates in some developing countries. Researchers ...
Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits
Release Date:
11/09/2017
... an alarming picture of the state of for-profit higher education in America. The report comes as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faces criticism for erasing ...
Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State
Release Date:
10/12/2018
... opportunities for individuals with non-traditional education backgrounds, while helping residents tailor their ... developing a skills-based labor market through the state's education and workforce...
The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution
Release Date:
09/26/2014
... from fossil fuels. Marchers were also explicit about their values: a non-violent, humane, pro-peace, ... is delivered in Paris. I couldn’t agree more about the need for real commitments, particularly relating...
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2015
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm
... Faculty Chris Cardona, Director of Philanthropy, TCC Group Cindy Esposito Lamy, Manager, Metrics, The Robin Hood ...
Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida
Release Date:
09/27/2017
In response to the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has announced emergency grant funding to support relief efforts in Florida.