Results List
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Study Finds Young Hispanics Face Obstacles to Integration
Source: The New York Times
By Sam Roberts. A snapshot of Hispanic youngsters — the fastest-growing group in the United States by age and ethnicity — concludes that the obstacles and inequalities they face today “may hinder the broader integration of Latinos into U.S. society if left unattended.” If those…
Resource type: News
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Children’s Institute
$311,023
Resource type: Grantee
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Roadmap to Afterschool for All
Source: The After School Alliance
The U.S. federal government must assume more of the costs of afterschool care to reduce the burden on low-income families, according to this report by the Harvard School of Public Health. The study provides a roadmap to ensure that all low-income students benefit from afterschool…
Resource type: Research Report
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Californians for Children’s Health Committee
$100,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
$6,603,640
Resource type: Grantee
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Understanding Obama's education vision
Source: MSNBC First Read
Original Source From NBC's Chuck Todd The White House beat is more than just what happens at the Oval Office. We're doing out best to cover every department and every utterance made by members of President Obama's Cabinet. To that end, here are the most…
Resource type: News
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What 'Yes, We Can' Should Mean for Our Schools
Source: Washington Post (Op-Ed)
Original Source By Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin In 1994, we founded KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, by starting one middle school in the South Bronx and one in Houston. Today, KIPP is a growing network of 66 public charter schools serving 17,000 children…
Resource type: News
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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Source: Communities In Schools (Release)
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities In Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization, is proud to announce that it is one of only three national organizations to receive a competitive grant…
Resource type: News
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Study: Parents can't always afford health insurance for kids
Source: Bloomberg News
by ALIZA MARCUS More than a fourth of uninsured children in the United States have a parent with health coverage, according to a study whose authors said it shows private insurance is too expensive for many working families. The insured parents of kids without coverage…
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TUI warns budget cuts will 'asset-strip' education
Source: Irish Times
by SEAN FLYNN, GORDON DEEGAN and KITTY HOLLAND Over 1,000 teaching posts will be lost and the entire education sector will be "asset-stripped" because of the budget cuts, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) said yesterday. In a separate development, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr…
Resource type: News