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Defiance no reason to suspend students, board president says
BY TERESA WATANABE L.A. Unified President Monica Garcia proposes an end to “willful defiance” suspensions. Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times Administrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District would no longer be allowed to suspend students for mouthing off or other acts of…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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Keeping Kids Safe, In School, And On The Path to Success
By Kavitha Mediratta
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Central Park Five Film Premieres on April 16
Watch Central Park Five Trailer on PBS. See more from Central Park Five. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white…
Author: PBS
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Interview - Christopher Oechsli
The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever to spend out. Caroline Hartnell talked to Atlantic president and…
Author: Alliance magazine
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Equal Education's Campaign to Build the Future
Out of the 24 793 public schools in South Africa 93% have no libraries, 95% have no science laboratories, 2 402 schools have no water supply, 46% still use pit latrine toilets and 913 schools have no toilets facilities. Take a look inside one of…
Author: Equal Education
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Miss. District Required to Adjust 'Discriminatory' Discipline Policies
By Nirvi Shah A new agreement aims to stop what the federal government has labeled discriminatory discipline practices in the 6,100-student Meridian, Miss., school district. The U.S. Department of Justice said today that the school district has agreed to take a number of steps to…
Author: Education Week
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The Affordable Care Act Turns 3!
MomsRising is an Atlantic grantee through the Children & Youth programme in the United States. Posted March 21st, 2013 by Ashley Boyd Three years ago this Saturday, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama. Since then, the law…
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Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Meets with Atlantic Senior Staff
>Read in Vietnamese On 25th February 2013, Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Madam Pham Thi Hai Chuyen had a working session with Mr. Christopher G. Oechsli, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic). Vice Minister Nguyen Trong…
Author: Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
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“Deliberate Deployment” or Perpetuity? Questions to Inform Timing Strategies for Philanthropy
This article was originally published by NPQ online, on March 8, 2013 (https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2013/03/08/deliberate-deployment-or-perpetuity-questions-to-inform-timing-strategies-for-philanthropy). Used with permission. By Buzz Schmidt Lately, we have been regaled with news of billionaires committing half of their wealth to philanthropy. Fewer details have emerged about the strategies these new mega-philanthropists will…
Author: Nonprofit Quarterly
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Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities
Members of El Centro del Inmigrante help residents in Staten Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. By Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to Founder and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies With our U.S. offices located in New York City, Hurricane Sandy hit close to home. It impacted…
Author: Philanthropy New York