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Original Source By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Op-Ed Columnist So maybe I was wrong. I used to consider health care our greatest national shame, considering that we spend twice as much on medical care as many European nations, yet American children are twice as likely to die before…

Original Source By Staff reporter The Lifestart Foundation – the umbrella group for Lifestart projects throughout the North West and Ireland – is looking to recruit local families onto a major new study which will help improve the support offered by the organisation to new parents. Lifestart…

By RICHARD E. NISBETT Ann Arbor, Mich. AS Department of Education officials consider how best to spend billions from the economic stimulus plan, they would be wise to pay attention to which programs actually help children’s achievement — and keep in mind that sometimes very…

President Obama’s election has unquestionably transformed discussions of race in the United States. At the recent Black Entertainment Television Honors Awards, Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina declared that now that an African-American man holds the most powerful position in the world, “Every child has…

Plan would get kids much-needed attention, streamline bureaucracy, cut govt. waste http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/node/674 The Forum for Youth Investment is delighted that Congressman Yarmuth sent a letter to President Obama days after he took office calling for him to issue an executive order that would create a White House…

Original Source By: Ashley Schneider The Atlantic Philanthropies awarded a $3.5 million grant to Kevin Mahoney, a professor in the graduate school of social work and director of the Center for the Study of Home and Community Life (CSHCL), to help the center's Cash & Counseling Program…

After-school mentors can keep middle school kids from dropping out. Original Source Citizen Schools, an Atlantic grantee, was chosen by Edutopia as part of their "A New Day for Learning" series. Visit the Edutopia website for the full feature about Citizen Schools, and material for creating similar…

Original Source By Marc S. Tucker We pay more per pupil for our elementary- and secondary-education system than any other industrialized country except Switzerland, yet the United States ranks near the bottom in performance. For the price they pay, Americans should expect the learning equivalent…

In this guide by GrantCraft, U.S. funders and organisers discuss what makes community organising effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker’s special role in fostering change. Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it’s the best option…

The reasons behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ decision to spend all of its endowment are outlined in this 2009 speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley Grantmakers in Philadelphia. My talk this afternoon poses the question, which I…