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New York, March 3, 2008 -- Marcia Smith, an award-winning documentary film maker with extensive foundation and government experience, has been appointed Vice-President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, President and Chief Executive Officer Gara LaMarche announced today. Smith will over see Atlantic's programmes on Disadvantaged Children…

Springfield greatly expands summer school By MARLA A. GOLDBERG SPRINGFIELD - The School Committee has voted to substantially expand summer school for students finishing the fifth and eighth grades who fail Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. The new program, to run eight hours a day…

“We mourn the loss of Fitzhugh Mullan. He was a force for social justice and health equity who touched the lives of countless people. Fitz’s inspiring legacy lives on in the people, programs and policies he nurtured to help bring about fairer, healthier societies.”  -…

The George Washington University (GW) Health Workforce Institute, based at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH), announces the 2019 fellows of the year-long Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. The program honors health sector professionals with a commitment to health equity and…

If you have questions about the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity program, hopefully they've been answered below. Why did Atlantic and its partners launch the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity? What is anti-black racism? Why does it matter? What is the Atlantic Fellows for Racial…

This post is an excerpt from Kavitha Mediratta's and M. Karega Rausch's introduction to Inequality in School Discipline, a new book that fills a critical void by providing the most current and authoritative information on what is known about disciplinary disparities.

Photo: The Good Doctor/FlickrBy Mica Pollock and Tanya CokeIn each police-related death recently dominating the headlines, authorities overreacted to black men’s behaviors as if they were life-threatening.On Staten Island, an unarmed Eric Garner was wrestled to the ground by five police officers and strangled to death…

The tragic deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City once again have shown that race remains a potent dividing line in American society. A nationally recognized panel of experts has concluded it’s time we recognize that racial issues…

The research and data on school discipline practices is clear: Millions of students are removed from their classrooms each year, overwhelmingly for minor misconduct. We can’t allow this trend to continue. Addressing staggeringly high suspension rates is essential to making school a place where students…

 Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes   Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other leading…