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Irish Universities Look to Graduates for Funds as Atlantic Goes West
Philanthropist Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney being conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES By Louise Holden Last year University of Limerick expressed its gratitude to the…
Author: The Irish Times
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Research Review Gives Thumbs Up to Community Schools Approach
By Holly Yettick In the wake of newly elected New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pledge to open 100 community schools, a report released Tuesday finds promise in this type of educational intervention. The study, supported in part with a grant from an organization founded…
Author: Education Week
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Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2014: System Change Started But Many Children Still Out In the Cold
The Children’s Rights Alliance today published the sixth in their annual series of Report Cards. The Report Card grades Government’s performance on issues and policies affecting children against their own stated commitments in the Programme for Government 2011-2016. The Government receives an overall C grade this year, reflecting…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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This Short Film Explores the Challenges LGBT Refugees Face Living in South Africa
By Sarah Karlan Many LGBT Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the constitution – put into effect in 1996 by President Nelson Mandela – promises equal rights to all. A new video from Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation focusing on human rights around…
Author: Buzzfeed
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Real Discipline in School
By Robert K. Ross and Kenneth H. Zimmerman Last month, Maryland became one of the first states to tackle the widespread injustice of overly harsh discipline policies in our schools, adopting regulations that require an end to practices that have doubled the number of out-of-school…
Author: The New York Times
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Raising Dementia Awareness
By Claire O’Connell Dr Kate Irving, Elevator project lead, Prof Brian MacCraith, President of DCU and and Kathleen Lynch TD at the Dementia Elevator launch. An initiative is “walking the lives” of people with dementia to assess their needs and to increase public awareness of…
Author: Irish Times
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Atlantic Philanthropies Announce Support for The New Bermuda Community Foundation
New Foundation Will Continue Growth of the Island’s Philanthropic Sector, Support Advances in Racial Justice, Democracy and Health January 30th, 2014 (Hamilton, Bermuda) – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced their support today for the Bermuda Community Foundation, a new public charity dedicated to grantmaking for nonprofit…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Maryland approves new school discipline regulations
By Donna St. George, Tuesday, January 28 Maryland education leaders approved the most sweeping changes in decades to state discipline policies Tuesday morning, culminating a four-year effort intended to reform approaches to student punishment, increase time in school and end racial disparities in suspensions. The Maryland State Board of…
Author: The Washington Post
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NBC News Highlights Community Schools
NBC Nightly News reporter Chelsea Clinton recently highlighted a local community school’s Homework Diner program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Manzano Mesa Elementary School started the Homework Diner program in 2012, aiming to increase homework completion and improve the culture of the school community. With approximately…
Author: Coalition for Community Schools
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Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: Improving Children’s Lives
By Liam O’Hare, Improving Children’s Lives Initiative, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland A truly heterogeneous mix of people will gather at Queen’s University Belfast on the 20-22 February 2014, with one unifying goal — to make real improvements in the lives of children and young people…
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