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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Source: Dignity in Schools Coalition
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
Resource type: News
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Obama's No-Brainer on Education
Source: Newsweek
Moderates would respond to a Democrat willing to slip the ideological stranglehold of a liberal interest group. Original Source by Jonathan Alter One of the best things about the democratic primaries was that horse-race-obsessed reporters rarely asked the candidates about education. Why was that good?…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments in Higher Education
Source: Susan Parker
This report summarizes Atlantic’s $2 billion investment to strengthen higher education in the United States, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Viet Nam, and Australia over the course of 35 years. The report found that Atlantic’s funding for a range of initiatives – buildings,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Job Posting: Executive Director, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
Source: Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) is an Atlantic grantee through the Population Health programme. Position DescriptionSearch for the Executive Director Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) Oakland, CAMedical Education Cooperation with Cuba (“MEDICC”), a highly regarded non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global…
Resource type: News
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DC Civil Rights Organizations Fail to Represent Education Civil Rights Agenda
Source: The Hill
By Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson and Pedro NogueraIn recent weeks, a few national civil rights organizations including the National Council of La Raza, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the League of United Latin American Citizens and National Urban League…
Resource type: News
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Chapin Hall Center for Children at The University of Chicago
$13,811,650
Resource type: Grantee
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City University of NY – Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
$1,200,000
Resource type: Grantee
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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
Source: Philanthropy New York
By Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor, Equity Initiatives & Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from school, disengaging them from learning and increasing the likelihood they will get caught up…
Resource type: News
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Report: Communities in Schools enhances education
Source: Temple Daily Telegram
Original Source by Robert Stinson | City Writer Communities in Schools reduces dropouts and increases graduations, a recent report released by the Texas Education Agency said. The report showed Communities in Schools has increased math achievements, parental involvement and keeping costs per student low in the…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Grant to CACE
Source: Center for Afterschool and Community Education at Foundations
$1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and ProgramsNEWS RELEASE The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Foundations' Center for Afterschool and Community Education 1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and ProgramsMoorestown, NJ, January 9, 2006 CACE, the Center for Afterschool and Community Education at…
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