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Govt. pays $200,000 for new study into black males
Government has committed $200,000 to pay for a study to look at the “attainment gaps between young black and white men in Bermuda.” The full cost of the study is $400,000, but the U.S. based Atlantic Philanthropies is paying for half of it. Former Premier…
Author: Bermuda Sun
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After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth Spurt
Proponents of a move to rapidly expand successful nonprofit programs – or “take them to scale” – tend to have in mind relatively new charities started by ambitious social entrepreneurs. Yet few large nonprofit groups are growing as fast these days as Big Brothers Big…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Spreading the wealth
Chuck Feeney has given most of his vast fortune to charities while steering clear of the limelight. Irish people should follow his lead, writes Colin McCrea, who is a vice-president of his organisation. Unseen and unheard – and that’s just the way he wanted it…
Author: Sunday Business Post
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THE KILLING OF SISTAHS
By Jeanine Cameron Hands up, how many of you have heard of Matthew Shephard? Yes, that’s right, he was the American gay student who was tortured and killed for being homosexual. I saw the play at the Baxter, and I watched his story on DVD.…
Author: Mamba
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Teen maternity rates fall sharply
Washington teenagers are having babies at the lowest rate since the 1970s, even outpacing a national decline among women who become mothers before they turn 20. In 2004, there were 31 births for every 1,000 Washington teens aged 15 to 19, according to a report…
Author: The Seattle Times
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Country-wide groups planned for young gays and lesbians
A youth project aimed at gay and lesbian young people is to establish groups around the country in response to a growing demand from teenagers for advice and support relating to their sexuality. Belong To, a Dublin-based gay and lesbian youth project, was founded four…
Author: The Irish Times
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $1.5 Million Grant to ASAS
Original Source Los Angeles, CA — Today After-School All-Stars (ASAS — www.afterschoolallstars.org), a leader among U.S. after-school programming providers, announced a two-year, $1.5 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to support high-quality, national after-school programming for at-risk youth. ASAS was founded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger…
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New Orleans School Making Progress After Storm
STEVE INSKEEP, host: Schools in New Orleans are approaching the end of the first real academic year since Hurricane Katrina. Some schools still struggle to cope with broken infrastructure; new students returning in the middle of the year; the inability to serve hot lunches; and…
Author: WNYC: NPR Morning Edition
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Kennedy enjoys the last laugh
It is Tuesday afternoon and US senator Ted Kennedy is sitting in his shirt sleeves in a grand executive office in Stormont which, no doubt, once belonged to a unionist minister. Thomas Foley, the US ambassador to Ireland, and Paula Dobriansky, George Bush’s envoy to…
Author: The Sunday Business Post
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More Parental Power in Revised NCLB Urged
Original Source By David J. Hoff Washington The No Child Left Behind Act has expanded parents’ power over their children’s education and given them more information about student achievement than ever before. But Congress ought to take further steps to promote parental involvement when it…
Author: Education Week
