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Organisations invest £3.5 for shared education classes
Source: BBC
Two organisations are to spend £3.5m helping secondary and grammar schools in the Catholic and state sectors to share classes. The International Fund for Ireland and Atlantic Philanthropies are making the investment after a successful trial. For three years, 60 post-primary schools provided shared classes…
Resource type: News
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Primary education groups unite to criticise 'shameful' cutbacks
Source: The Irish Times
THE CAMPAIGN against the education cuts gained further momentum yesterday as 10 groups involved in primary education united to criticise the "shameful and immoral" cutbacks. The National Alliance for Primary Education - an umbrella group representing school managers, principals, parents and teachers - described…
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Taking Account of Race as a Philanthropic Imperative
Foundations must take account of race in all of their work in order to get beyond racism, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO, in this speech at the Waldemar Nielsen Issue Forums in Philanthropy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington. You might…
Resource type: Speech
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Commencement at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools
Gara LaMarche, Atlantic's President and CEO addressed the 2010 graduating class at the Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools in Haley Farm, Knoxville, Tennessee. I want to start out by saying that I have no recollection of the commencement address when I graduated from St. Bernard’s…
Resource type: Speech
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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies' President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
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