Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals
Release Date:
06/24/2014
... work with principals to raise the quality of teaching and learning in schools. “This overlooked supervisor ...
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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...
Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down
Release Date:
08/13/2014
At the same time the Atlantic Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it's taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful to other foundations "considering or already implementing a limited-life strategy."
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
... and oversee instruction, too — what and how students are learning . The Wallace Foundation has offered six urban ...
Capital One Seeks Innovative Programs to Increase Digital Proficiency
Release Date:
10/06/2014
... the digital tools they use daily," Jeff Fernandez, Grovo Learning , Inc. To help build these proficiencies, .....
Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa
Release Date:
11/13/2014
... the Fellowship program is designed to promote peer-to-peer learning on governance and risk management practices at ...
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars
Release Date:
07/09/2015
... problems of global concern, as well as their potential for learning , leadership and collaboration. Five of the ...
OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'
Release Date:
08/13/2015
... of Malawi faced difficulties tracking whether teaching and learning materials, such as textbooks, were delivered to ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Collaborates to Launch Data Portal to Share and Expand Philanthropic Resources
Release Date:
09/17/2015
Other partners include King Baudouin Foundation and the Foundation Center.
Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... world. Additionally, P.A.C.E. will broaden into a suite of learning programs with new curriculum to reach adolescent ...
Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... which supports coverage of leadership and expanded learning time at Education Week. . . Wallace Foundation ...
Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Farms are being built at public housing sites to grow produce for communities with limited access to healthy food.
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and Wallace Foundation will be investing millions of dollars in research into what makes a principal effective.
An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools
Release Date:
12/22/2016
Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and first-generation college students, but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’s top institutions of higher education.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
04/05/2017
Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers were supposed to be able to have the balance of their student loans forgiven after ten years of both on-time payments and eligible work in the public sector. Last...
Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’
Release Date:
06/13/2017
In a new paper published in Nature Communications , scientists have uncovered the complex and remarkably different behavior arising in a liquid crystal drop that is drying.
Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say
Release Date:
09/05/2017
President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according to two administration officials.
De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave
Release Date:
09/13/2017
The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union workers, nor does the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) union provide their members with any parental leave benefits, Kings County Politics has learned.
How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... to health services, and sufficient lighting that enables learning and safety after dark. Just as important, ...