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Teach For America Receives $1.4 Million to Recruit Math, Science Teachers
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source Teach for America is an Atlantic grantee. The Minneapolis-based Medtronic Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global medical technology company, has announced a three-year, $1.4 million grant to Teach For America to expand its national recruitment and training of math and science teachers. A portion…
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Cisco Commits $4.5 Million to City Year to Curb High School Dropout Crisis
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source City Year is an Atlantic grantee. Cisco Systems and the Cisco Foundation have announced a pledge of $4.5 million in new funding to City Year's Whole School Whole Child program. The foundation will donate up to $1.5 million over the next three years to enhance the…
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'Expectations Gap' May Be Contributing Factor in Dropout Crisis, Report Finds
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source America's Promise Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. In contrast to most students who drop out, many educators do not believe that students at risk of dropping out would work harder if more were demanded of them, revealing an "expectations gap" that…
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Youth group opens centre in former drug den in North Hamilton
Source: The Royal Gazette
By TAURIA RAYNORA building once used for illicit activity has been completely transformed by a grassroots organisation that provides free assistance to entrepreneurs.Youth on the Move (YOM) was founded on the principle that the ability to achieve something positive, is within everyone's reach.It's a message…
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Wasserman Foundation Awards $2 Million to Teach For America-Los Angeles
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Teach for America is an Atlantic grantee. Teach For America-Los Angeles has announced a four-year, $2 million grant from the Wasserman Foundation to help build a pipeline of leaders committed to closing the academic achievement gap in Los Angeles. Teach For America recruits and trains…
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White House Creates Office Of Innovation
Source: NPR
This NPR story on the Social Investment Fund features Citizen Schools, an Atlantic grantee. by Pam Fessler Listen at NPR's website [3 min 59 sec] Morning Edition, May 28, 2009 · The Obama administration has created the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic…
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$2 Million Grant to Drive Expansion Efforts
Source: U.S. Dream Academy
A two-year, $2-million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies will build the U.S. Dream Academy's capacity and soon support a planned expansion that, by 2013, will bring 15 more Learning Centers to the 10 communities the organization currently serves nationwide. With the stated intention of providing…
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Plus 50 Initiative to expand to meet training demands
Source: Community College Times
The Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is expanding to meet the growing training and career development demands of older individuals who may have to prolong retirement or go back to work because of the tough economy. “The expansion of…
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Educational, Economic Achievement Gaps Correlated, Reports Find
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source According to two new independently released reports, achievement and high school graduation gaps may be costing the United States trillions of dollars in unrealized gross domestic product and are threatening its ability to compete in the twenty-first century global economy. Prepared for the…
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Vietnamese students win scholarships to University of Queensland
Source: The Saigon Times Daily
by Thuy Nguyen University of Queensland president Paul Greenfield on Tuesday announced five HCMC students as scholarship winners to the Australian school. This scholarship program was launched in March 2008 following a visit to Australia by Vietnam’s deputy prime minister and minister for education Nguyen Thien…
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