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A new centre for successful ageing aims to address the challenges we all face.

If you have questions about the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity program, hopefully they've been answered below. Why did Atlantic and its partners launch the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity? What is anti-black racism? Why does it matter? What is the Atlantic Fellows for Racial…

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity program, led by the University of Melbourne, alongside national and international partners, aims to tackle the broader issues of social inequality and how parity can be achieved for all people, regardless of cultural background, race, gender, health or financial…

[caption id="attachment_77860" align="alignright" width="300"] Inequality in School Discipline: Research and Practice to Reduce Disparities. Editors: Russell J. Skiba, Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch. Learn more >[/caption] Inequality in School Discipline fills a critical void by providing the most current and authoritative information on what…

Proposed updates to the discipline code include an end to suspensions for students in grades K-2 For the first time, NYPD releases expanded school safety data on school-based arrests, summonses and handcuffing New scanning policy establishes official process based on data with NYPD oversight for…

An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points. [caption id="attachment_77213" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marian Dennis and her son Jamie McClure Dennis. Picture: Conor Healy Photography[/caption] By Joyce Fegan The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008…

The most vulnerable children in our society have been left behind, and the incoming government must make children’s rights an urgent priority. That’s according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which launched its Report Card 2016 today. The Report Card is the eighth in the series,…

Are foundations with set periods for spending down their assets more effective as grantmakers than their peers who are established to exist in perpetuity?

Moving Lives is an interactive portrait and online case study of the Immigrant Council of Ireland – an independent law centre located in Dublin working nationally and internationally. Moving Lives uses character-driven stories to lead you to behind-the-scenes reflection on the Council’s distinctive way of working across…

Atlantic Philanthropies has announced a $40 million investment in a new fellowship initiative aimed at increasing access to affordable, quality health care in Southeast Asia. In partnership with the China Medical Board (CMB) — which will contribute an additional $10 million to the effort — theTransformative…