Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... absenteeism to measure schools under ESSA, the federal education law. “In that regard, I don’t think chronic ...
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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... to Myanmar and has “strengthened” its engagement in “ education , health services, electricity, rural roads and ...
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some education or training beyond high school but have not earned ...
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects.
Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/01/2017
... which helped address changing dynamics in health, higher education , finance, social services, and culture. Laura ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students
Release Date:
04/27/2018
... that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education . The grant will build on the successful programs ...
Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
01/15/2019
The Markle Foundation is pleased to announce that Steven Denning has been elected to its Board of Directors.
Eero Simoncelli Leads New Center for Computational Neuroscience at The Simons Foundation
Release Date:
01/26/2021
... confounding questions being asked in neuroscience. This research is sure to lead to some beautiful insights into the ... the collective behavior of human populations. The CCN’s research will focus on the area...
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AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model
Release Date:
07/17/2013
... the Green House Project, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to provide high-quality skilled nursing care to ...
To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked
Release Date:
09/19/2013
Four nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact.
MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion
Release Date:
10/28/2013
PND reported on the MetLife Foundation's five-year, $200 million campaign to bring financial services to low-income communities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States.
New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - ...
After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
03/08/2014
After-School All-Stars has received a $4 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its services in six U.S. cities, reports Philanthropy News Digest.
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative . When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford ...
Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership
Release Date:
03/25/2014
... expansion in funding, The Africa Growth and Innovations Initiative …. Opportunity International and The MasterCard ...
11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Release Date:
05/30/2014
... working together on a complementary private-sector initiative issued a joint statement. In addition to the Open ...
Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... Carnegie Corporation of New York's Opportunity by Design initiative , an effort to assist immigrant students who often .....
Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has been ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help poor Americans connect ...