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Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

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04/07/2017

... Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form The University of Minnesota Press on Tuesday launched a beta version of Manifold , a publishing platform it hopes can straddle ... scholarly work. The press, along...

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NEFA Expands National Theater Project with Doris Duke Foundation Funding

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12/13/2017

... for the Arts announces plans to increase the impact of the National Theater Program, with help from a $750,000 ... and ensemble theater artists and to build a network of organizations committed to...

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Shamira Lukomwa

... and led programs for an international experiential education non-profit and headed the communication and marketing department of an art-activism hub in Nairobi that fosters social ... the African Diaspora. She...

Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies, in Education Week. Zero-tolerance policies "hurt students’ ... ability to learn and thrive...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's education system has experienced significant growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping out of...

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create ... and engineers. Another uses digital “playlists” of physical challenges to get teens to exercise...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve business health and growth. ... and grow a small business through financing and business education . The $1 million grant...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated students, the NYU Prison Education Program aims to help redress inequities that result ... in the world — over two million...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

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05/28/2015

... Community colleges tend to receive the least amount of public financial support compared to other institutions, ... released by the Century Foundation today -- "How Higher Education Funding Shortchanges...

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... and Elevate philanthropy in San Diego through the pursuit of several key objectives. One of those objectives included the hiring of a full-time staff ... portfolio of grants...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years Washington, D.C., became a ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The total represented an extra $705...

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Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

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03/14/2016

... Field Trips in Pilot Program The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are ... The 83 grants will make it possible for thousands of students in under-served communities this...

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

... In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice In 1962, 85 percent of white Americans told Gallup that black children had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good education . The next year, in...

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Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

... Supreme Court ruling and an edict from New Jersey’s education commissioner to force the merger of Morristown and Morris Township schools in 1971. Yet the ... unrest and shifting demographics, to become an...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

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02/07/2017

... Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island ...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... Learning to Remain Competitive The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today released the final report and ... established to examine the current state of U.S. language education , to...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... Our children carry with them a whole identity inclusive of their varying home lives, community experiences, and rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community,...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial ... rate for black Americans is generally about twice that of white Americans, a ratio that...

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With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... were few answers as to the immediate effects the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would have on the ... and students that schools are open to all regardless of immigration status — a...

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George ... efforts on mitigating campus sexual assault, a...

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