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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Child Trends $2.2 Million, Four Year Grant
Source: Child Trends
Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES AWARDS CHILD TRENDS $2.2 MILLION, FOUR–YEAR GRANT Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development Washington, DC— Child Trends announced today that it will receive a $2.2 million,…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Receives $1.29 Million Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to Study School-Based Mentoring
Source: Big Brothers Big Sisters
Noreen Shanfelter Director, Media and Public Relations 215.665.7778 nshanfelter@bbbsa.org (PHILADELPHIA, PA. January 19, 2005). Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has received a $1.29 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to fund the first major impact study ever done on school-based mentoring. The comprehensive, independent…
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Texas Releases a New Report Showing the State’s Business Community’s Opposition to Drastic Cuts to Child Health Safety Nets
Source: The Children's Defense Fund
Austin, TX – Today, Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Texas released a new report, Business Leaders Support Child Health: A Fiscally Responsible Investment for Texas. The document profiles statements made by the state’s leading Chambers of Commerce, prominent business leaders, hospitals and healthcare providers, economists and…
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Obama Seeks to Join Global Rights of Child Pact
Source: The Associated Press
The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children's rights treaty ratified by every U.N. member except the U.S. and Somalia, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Monday. Administration officials are actively discussing "when…
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Way to Grow
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children's Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 - and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
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Preparing for Life at Age 9
Source: UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy
Preparing for Life (PFL) is a prevention and early intervention programme designed to promote children’s school readiness by working with families from pregnancy until their children start school. Results from an extensive randomised controlled trial evaluation showed that PFL was effective at improving the children’s…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Holder, Duncan Stunned by Discipline Figures
Source: The Center for Public Integrity
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder tour the J. O. Wilson Elementary School in Washington. They were at the school to speak about the need to address "unnecessary and unfair school discipline practices." APBy Susan FerrissAttorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of…
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Curing Violence Starts at the Community Level
Source: Mediaplanet
Photo: Flickr via MediaPlanetBy Emily MorrowDavid* was a model eighth-grader. He had exemplary grades, a near perfect attendance record and scored well on all his state exams.Then, he made his first suicide threat.He was hospitalized for a day or so, but when doctors didn’t see…
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Chuck Feeney donates €15 million to fight child poverty
Source: The Irish Times
In keeping with Atlantic Founding Chairman Charles F. Feeney’s Giving While Living approach to philanthropy, Atlantic will conclude its grantmaking by 2016 with the objective of addressing big urgent problems-- with maximum impact – in a limited timeframe. This article looks at an example of…
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Community Schools: A Model for the Middle Grades
Source: Education Week
By Josefina Alvarado-Mena, Chris Brown, Nicole Johnson, & Frank Mirabal Expanding the number of community schools is no longer a goal that can be left on the periphery of school reform. No academic standards, tests, or school-based interventions will ever be able to completely mitigate…
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