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Release of Major National Research Showing Experience Corps Produces Big Gains in Student Learning
Source: Experience Corps
Read the full report: http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/RP09-01.pdf WASHINGTON, DC -- Two years ago, Washington University researchers launched a major national study to answer this question: Do Experience Corps members have an impact on the reading ability of the children they tutor? Very few nonprofits are fortunate enough…
Resource type: News
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Accord on intl medical aid inked
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
The Ministry of Health on March 31 signed a cooperation accord with international and domestic partners in increasing the efficiency of international medical aid to Vietnam. The accord was the outcome of a conference with medical partners, drawing eight bilateral donors, three international organisations, four…
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Springborg ambivalent about science and technology policy
Source: The Australian
THE spectacular rise of the bioscience and medical innovation sector in Brisbane did not rate a mention in Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg's speech to the Committee for Economic Development yesterday. The omission followed a day after the potential premier and Liberal National Party candidate…
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Opinion: Philanthropy Needs to Promote Real Change in Education
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
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…
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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
Source: Gara LaMarche
The aspect of The Atlantic Philanthropies in which people have the most interest is not that we are one of the largest foundations in the world – in fact, the largest private funder in the countries in which we operate, outside of the U.S. –…
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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
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…
Resource type: Speech
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Will the Financial Crisis Affect Giving?
Source: Balkan Insight
By David Labrador in Pristina Foundations that support important programmes in the Balkans are suffering from the financial crisis in a way that makes their continued giving much more difficult. Much of the money that helps to develop the Balkans comes from private foundations that…
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Centers and Mentors Team Up to Unlock Dreams
Original Source The sound of a prison door slamming shut reverberates well beyond America’s correctional facilities—it impacts the children of incarcerated parents across the country. To help these children cope and prevent the cycle of incarceration, gospel singer and minister Wintley Phipps founded the U.S. Dream…
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NUIG allocated first UNESCO-sponsored post
Source: Irish Times
by LORNA SIGGINS ANY GOVERNMENT keen to save money will ensure that continued support is given to preventative and early intervention services for children in potential difficulty and there is an "overwhelming economic argument" for such an approach, according to Prof Pat Dolan, who…
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The Centre for Cross Border Studies Yearbook - Year 6
Source: The Centre for Cross Border Studies
The Centre for Cross Border Studies, now in its 6th Year of operation, has had another busy and productive twelve months. Under the leadership of director Andy Pollak, the Centre's expanded team has taken on a range of new challenges. These range from a major…
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