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Original Source University of the Witwatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by Thabo Mohlala JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - As student anger erupted at Wits University this week over fee increases, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande refused to be drawn on whether he will pump up subsidies…

Dear NFTE Supporters, I am extremely excited to announce that two NFTE alumni have been chosen for this year's BusinessWeek.com "America's Best Young Entrepreneurs" Award! • Ibtihaj "Ippy" Amatul Wadud, 19, a graduate from NFTE New England, is the owner of Ippy's Islamic Fashions, which…

Cornell University is an Atlantic grantee. By ARLENE FINE, Senior Staff Reporter Jane and Lee Seidman made headlines last week for pledging $6 million to Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital to help fund a new 72-bed patient tower at the Mayfield Heights hospital. This donation is…

Original Source The U.S. Department of Education has announced draft requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants targeting the nation's lowest-performing schools. The Obama administration's strategy for turning around low-performing schools includes identifying the lowest-achieving Title I schools in each state; supporting…

Original Source Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. By Kate AlexanderAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF  No matter how high-school dropouts are counted, Texas has a lot of them, and together they pack quite an economic punch to the gut. The students in the class of 2012 who…

All healthy institutions must from time to time take a look at what they are doing to see what’s working and what isn’t, to re-examine assumptions in light of changes in the environment – political, social, economic and philanthropic – and make any necessary adjustments.…

Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. ARLINGTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities In Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization, has received a major grant from the Walmart Foundation to improve educational opportunities for young people through its network of Performance Learning Centers…

Original Source The US Conference of Mayors calls for investments in school-community partnerships to support "full day" learning. The US Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling on federal, state and local governments to invest in coordinated, expanded learning or "full day" strategies that integrate…

Eighty percent of U.S. nonprofit organizations are experiencing fiscal stress, with close to 40 percent reporting that the stress was "severe" or "very severe," a new survey released by Johns Hopkins University finds. Based on a survey of 363 organizations as part of the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit…

Grant Middle School, through the Elev8 initiative, is an Atlantic grantee. by Lloyd Jojola After 13 years as Grant Middle School principal, Ed Briggs, the man who says he aspired to be a runner, not a walker, in life and in education, is slowing the pace. Briggs…