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Can Harlem's education success story work elsewhere?
I remember covering poverty-stricken schools. Sitting in classrooms in which the teachers were disillusioned or killing time, meeting parent volunteers unable to read to the class and children who appeared rather hopeless.It’s bleak.Of course, there are always a few bright spots, and journalists love to…
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Social Justice: A Guiding Vision for Atlantic’s Final Chapter
All healthy institutions must from time to time take a look at what they are doing to see what’s working and what isn’t, to re-examine assumptions in light of changes in the environment – political, social, economic and philanthropic – and make any necessary adjustments.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Obama praises nonprofit, including N.H. group
Harlem Children’s Zone and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees, and Bonnie CLAC is an Atlantic grantee via the Purpose Prize. by Foon Rhee President Obama this afternoon praised a New Hampshire nonprofit that helps poor people buy fuel-efficient reliable cars in a White House event designed to highlight innovative programs…
Author: The Boston Globe
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Health, education cited as poverty breaker
by JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Investing up front in early education programs and health care for children would save hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the long run and help break the poverty cycle affecting millions of kids, a leading child advocate said Tuesday. Marian Wright…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Community Organizing Never Looked So Good
Original Source The Center for Community Change is an Atlantic grantee. By SARA RIMER CAMBRIDGE, Mass. QUINN RALLINS, 23, graduated magna cum laude last year from Morehouse College with a dual major in international studies and Spanish. This spring, Mr. Rallins is finishing his master’s degree in…
Author: The New York Times
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Understanding Obama's education vision
Original Source From NBC’s Chuck Todd The White House beat is more than just what happens at the Oval Office. We’re doing out best to cover every department and every utterance made by members of President Obama’s Cabinet. To that end, here are the most…
Author: MSNBC First Read
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Large Foundations Fall Short in Supporting Vulnerable Groups
Washington, D.C. – The nation’s largest foundations only gave $1 out of $3 to benefit the economically and socially disadvantaged, according to the Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact, released yesterday by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.…
Author: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
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Report Sounds Alarm on Child Accidents
by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Around the globe, accidents kill 830,000 children — the equivalent of all the children in Chicago — every year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the World Health Organization and Unicef. The report, the first to collect all known…
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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, is proud to announce that it is one of only three national organizations to receive a competitive grant…
Author: Communities In Schools (Release)
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Agencies warn Government on budget cuts
by ALISON HEALY FIVE AGENCIES representing people with intellectual disabilities have warned the Government that the funding situation for the sector is “already dire” and they have cautioned against further budget cuts. In another development, the Carers’ Association said that if carers were not adequately…
Author: Irish Times