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'Expectations Gap' May Be Contributing Factor in Dropout Crisis, Report Finds
Original Source America’s Promise Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. In contrast to most students who drop out, many educators do not believe that students at risk of dropping out would work harder if more were demanded of them, revealing an “expectations gap” that…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Obama to Sign Landmark National-Service Measure on Tuesday
Original Source By Suzanne Perry The nonprofit world will take a break from its economic woes and celebrate a big political victory on Tuesday when President Obama signs landmark legislation that boosts national service, volunteerism, and innovative social projects. The president, fulfilling a campaign pledge…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Chandler chosen again as one of best places for young people
by Weldon B. Johnson For the third time, Chandler has been selected one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People according to the America’s Promise Alliance. The honor doesn’t amount to just a plaque that hangs on a wall in City Hall or a…
Author: The Arizona Republic
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A New Force to Make Washington Notice Kids
America’s Promise hosts an $8 million start-up to focus on budget and tax polices. Can it help the youth field ‘speak to Republicans’? Bunch of liberals. That’s how official Washing-ton sees many of the country’s major advocates for disadvantaged and at-risk youth. With Republicans controlling…
Author: Youth Today
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Make education an early priority in administration
Original Source By MIKE FEINBERG At the end of his stirring acceptance speech in Chicago on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama said that this is the time “to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids” and “to reclaim…
Author: Houston Chronicle
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Rogers: House OKs Child Safety Program Extension
Original Source U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday evening to adopt a six-month extension of the Child Safety Pilot Program, which allows youth-serving organizations to obtain criminal history background checks on their volunteers.…
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Alliances In Health Debate Splinter; Once-Friendly Groups Split as Details Emerge
Health Care for America Now and the AARP are Atlantic grantees. by Dan Eggen and Perry Bacon Jr. Months of relative cooperation among disparate interest groups in the heath-care reform debate appear to be coming to an end, as the major political parties and their…
Author: The Washington Post
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U.S. Aid Urged for Education's Entrepreneurs
by Erik W. Robelen Washington With the presidential candidates both underscoring their support for entrepreneurial initiatives in education, policy experts are advancing ideas for helping such efforts flourish. In their Oct. 15 debate at Hofstra University, both Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Barack Obama…
Author: Education Week
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Speak Up for Health Coverage for Kids in the U.S.: Join the National Voice for Children
I’m visiting Atlantic’s programmes in Viet Nam right now, and a few days ago a provincial health official proudly told a group of us that the Government recently made health care free for all of the nine million Vietnamese children under the age of six.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Way to Grow
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children’s Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 – and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy