Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... a fulfilling career or educating their children.” While parents all around the world have long recognized there can ...
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Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Cedeno faced persistent bullying in a school that some parents say struggled to maintain order. . . Schools’ ...
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...
Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible
Release Date:
10/05/2018
... to FJC Board Chair, Julie Beren Platt, “We do not want parents of children with disabilities to have to choose ...
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan
Release Date:
11/29/2018
... will come from teens, with additional contributions from parents , caregivers, educators and local youth leaders. The ...
FORE Releases Request for Proposals Focused on Engaging and Empowering Vulnerable Families and Communities to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder
Release Date:
07/20/2021
... to examine evidence-based interventions that can support parents and family members in preventing substance use ...
New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Release Date:
12/23/2013
... Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools...
Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... Companies currently spend a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... value, this annual exercise becomes a drain on company resources . Emerging technologies can...
Foundations Join the White House in Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Release Date:
03/13/2014
Ten foundations -- including The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ford and Open Society foundations -- have announced their support for a new White House initiative, My Brother's Keeper, to create and expand opportunities...
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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and impact ...
Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... bitter adversaries, Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress have found at least one thing they can ... Other groups from both the left and right — the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for...
Introducing Our Muslim Neighbors, One Story at a Time
Release Date:
08/18/2016
... making these introductions. Seftel Productions, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and the Institute for Social ... with you,” said Seftel. When the panelists on the Asian American Writers’ Workshop spoke...
With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics
Release Date:
10/21/2016
In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success reflects the rise of “white identity politics” – an attempt to protect the collective interests of white voters via the ballot box. Whereas racial...
Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed
Release Date:
11/11/2016
... spectrum? Donald Trump won despite trampling on cherished American ideals, including freedom of religion (proposing a ... fears: Democracy is producing a genuine threat to the American form of self-government...
How America Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Each year, the charity world waits eagerly for the announcement of how much individual Americans gave to charity. And each year, that annual total doggedly climbs higher, faltering only occasionally. Four of the past five years, it has broken its...
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and chair of African American Studies at Emory University. She defines white rage ... many white Americans have had historically to African American advances, dating back to...
Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants
Release Date:
06/28/2018
... of 38 naturalized citizens who enrich the fabric of American culture and strengthen our democracy through their ...
Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... attention: racial equity. By 2020, median white American households are projected to own 86 times more wealth than African- American households and 68 times more than Latinx households. ... healthcare,...
Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
10/28/2014
... He assumed the position in 2009 and as a Mexican American was the first Hispanic to lead a major university ... Council Committee on Research Universities and on the American Academy Commission on the...