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Original Source KIPP and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation The Obama administration has thrown down the gauntlet to educators and legislators to fix "an education system that used to be...the best in the world, and no longer…

Original Source By SHELLY BANJO A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions to ensure urgent global needs are addressed in a timely way. By granting the entirety of funds within a certain period of time, these charitable efforts are looking…

by DIANE SMITH FORT WORTH — Wade Clements is determined to find work. The 61-year-old land surveyor was laid off in September, and he’s now a regular at the WorkforceSolutionsWestsideWorkforceCenter in Fort Worth. Clements was there Friday, editing his résumé and searching online for jobs…

Original Source NEW PHILANTROPISTS: Times are tough, not least for fund-raisers, but the president of the Ireland Funds, Kingsley Aikins, reminds SUSAN MCKAY of the old mantra: Philanthropy is about the three Ts: ‘time, treasure and talent’. Everyone, he says, can afford to give at…

OPINION: While the British honour leading Irish Americans, the Irish government is missing an opportunity, writes NIALL O'DOWD. Original Source by NIALL O'DOWD WILLIAM J FLYNN, former chairman of Mutual of America was recently asked by the British government to accept an honorary Commander of…

by SAM DILLON CHICAGO — It was the morning after the presidential election, and Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three, a national organization devoted to early childhood education, could barely contain his exultation. Mr. Melmed fired off an e-mail message to his board…

By Steve Lohr Harvard kicked off a small but ambitious experiment this week that it hopes will become a new “third stage” of university education. For the student-fellows in the program, most in their 50s and early 60s, the goal is a second-act career in…

In a marked shift, a growing number of philanthropists and their foundations are spending large amounts of money and raising their voices to influence public policy, The New York Times reports. According to Joel L. Fleishman, author of The Foundation: A Great American Secret, this…

by LINDA PERLSTEIN WHATEVER IT TAKES Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America By Paul Tough Illustrated. 296 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $26 When assessing the state of America's children, people speak of the achievement gap between the middle class and the poor. But really…

by Melinda Tuhus New Haven's immigrant-friendly ID card - which this woman said has led newcomers to learn English faster - got a delayed OK for its second year of funding. The Board of Aldermen's Finance Committee unanimously voted Tuesday night to approve the city's…