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Community Schools: A Model for the Middle Grades
By Josefina Alvarado-Mena, Chris Brown, Nicole Johnson, & Frank Mirabal Expanding the number of community schools is no longer a goal that can be left on the periphery of school reform. No academic standards, tests, or school-based interventions will ever be able to completely mitigate…
Author: Education Week
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Health reform challenge in Australia: Repairing the fundamentals and building on stronger foundations
Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership. It is good to be back home; it’s good to be back in Brisbane; good to be…
Author: Prime Minister of Australia
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Opinion: Philanthropy Needs to Promote Real Change in Education
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…
Author: Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Barack and the guru of Belfield
Obama’s economics expert is in UCD researching pre-schoolers Original Source By Kim Bielenberg He is the economics guru who could help to shape the future of America — and he is currently carrying out research on pre-school children in Dublin. As he plans to solve…
Author: Irish Independent