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Original Source KIPP and Harlem Children's Zone are Atlantic grantees. The $100 billion education stimulus package gives Education Secretary Arne Duncan unprecedented leverage to energize the languishing school reform effort. Mr. Duncan has said from the start that he wants the states to transform about…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING DAY, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Like an athlete out of practice, a child who takes long breaks from learning…

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…

Today in an event in the East Room of the White House, President Obama highlighted innovative non-profit programmes that are making a difference in communities across the country. Programmes such asHarlem Children’s Zone (an Atlantic grantee), Teach for America (an Atlantic grantee), HopeLab, Genesys Works, and Bonnie CLAC (an Atlantic…

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…

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…

Original Source AmeriCorps, Civic Ventures, and City Year are Atlantic grantees. By Irene Sege When my parents retired, my father taught courses on linguistics and Kosovo and the philosophy of time at a volunteer-run institute for learning in retirement, and my mother picked up pocket…

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…

The Urban Institute is an Atlantic grantee. If reforms at the federal level are not enacted, the cost of health care for businesses could double and the number of uninsured Americans could reach 65.7 million within a decade, with middle-income families hit hardest, a new…

Original Source A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions for their foundations to ensure that global needs are addressed in a timely way, the Wall Street Journal reports. By giving away the bulk of their funds within a set period…