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At home, the focus is philanthropy: the $ 1 - billion Azrieli Foundation supports issues including education and Holocaust commemoration.

The company was honored for its Literacy for Life partnerships at Schools 8 and 20, for its philanthropic focus on education, and for its support of city students through philanthropy and personal volunteer engagement.

«We hope to become the eHarmony of science,» quips Jack Hidary about the grassroots project, called National Lab Day (NLD) nationallabday.org The project is the brainstorm of presidential science adviser John Holdren and his staff, and yesterday President Barack Obama kicked off the broader initiative, called Education to Innovate, at a White House rally that featured educators, science and engineering organizations, philanthropies, and businesses.

Pattie began her career in philanthropy at the American Express Foundation in education and child care, attended Syracuse and Pace Universities (NY), and served as a board member of several state and national nonprofit organizations.

The HHC recognizes people and organizations that have contributed to the betterment of their communities and / or society at large in the fields of conflict resolution, environment and disasters, community and human rights activism, education, health, journalism, literacy, philanthropy, politics and poverty.

Over the last five years, RIMA has marshaled local and national philanthropy; recruited school operators and educators into Rhode Island; provided staff support for facilities identification, finance, and development; formed and advocated for improved education policies at both the state and local levels; and served as a «help center» for questions about state laws, regulations, practices, and culture.

According to a recent study by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, by 2008 CMOs accounted for more than 10 percent of the charter school market and had been the beneficiaries of at least $ 500 million in private philanthropy.

Guilbert C. Hentschke, dean of the school of education at the University of Southern California, one of the main partners in the challenge, is now studying the impact of philanthropy on education.

Our latest Research Files podcast looks at the LLEAP (Leading Leading Learning in Education and Philanthropy) survey report.

Global Cities, Inc., a program under the auspices of Bloomberg Philanthropies, has committed $ 250,000 to Out of Eden Learn (OOEL), an online learning community developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that fosters thoughtful crosscultural inquiry and exchange.

Innosight Institute joined the NewSchools Venture Fund and Education Elements in releasing a K - 12 education technology market map at The Philanthropy Roundtable's K - 12 Education conference in San Francisco October Education Elements in releasing a K - 12 education technology market map at The Philanthropy Roundtable's K - 12 Education conference in San Francisco October education technology market map at The Philanthropy Roundtable's K - 12 Education conference in San Francisco October Education conference in San Francisco October 12, 2011.

Neerav Kingsland is smart, honest, and, in a positive development for ed philanthropy, is now leading education efforts at the Arnold Foundation.

He is undertaking his PhD at ANU, where he is exploring the relationship between Australian philanthropy and Indigenous education.

Donors Make Personal Links to New Students Beth Rabbitt, a former associate partner at a venture philanthropy firm who aspires to lead a public school system, had two choices for grad school: a top - ranked business school or the Ed School's new Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.)

Beth Rabbitt, a former associate partner at a venture philanthropy firm who aspires to lead a public school system, had two choices for grad school: a top - ranked business school or the Ed School's new Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.)

Warren Buffett To Speak at Education Nation 2011 Famous for his immense wealth and his penchant for philanthropy, billionaire Warren Buffett is slated to participate in NBC's Education Nation Summit as the subject of an exclusive interview.

Although the absolute amount of philanthropic investment in education ($ 1.8 billion in 2012) is significant, this funding represents less than 1 % of total public K - 12 funding, raising questions about the level of impact philanthropy can have at a systemic level.

Prior to joining the Institute, Julia worked at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public education.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

Tom Vander Ark, who has overseen more than $ 1.3 billion in education grantmaking for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will step down from his post as the Seattle - based philanthropy's top education official at the end of the year.

Jonathan Schorr and Deborah McGriff are partners at NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm that supports entrepreneurial innovation to improve public education for low - income children.

The Public Education Fund Network this month will begin the process of upgrading its member funds» programming from «feel good» philanthropy projects to more politically charged efforts aimed at systemic change.

The decision by the Gates Foundation to simultaneously pay for the standards and their promotion is a departure from the way philanthropies typically operate, said Sarah Reckhow, an expert in philanthropy and education policy at Michigan State University.

The Coalition for Community Schools, housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership, is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K - 16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school networks.

He has also worked as a Program Coordinator for the Hunt Institute — a nonprofit that works at the intersection of politics and education policy, and a Program Officer for EdVestors — a nonprofit that helps advance improvements in urban schools through strategic philanthropy.

At Flamboyan, we work at the intersection of education, government, strategic philanthropy and the non-profit sector, equipping leaders, teachers and community members to improve educational outcomes for kids through catalytic, results - driven collaboratioAt Flamboyan, we work at the intersection of education, government, strategic philanthropy and the non-profit sector, equipping leaders, teachers and community members to improve educational outcomes for kids through catalytic, results - driven collaboratioat the intersection of education, government, strategic philanthropy and the non-profit sector, equipping leaders, teachers and community members to improve educational outcomes for kids through catalytic, results - driven collaboration.

But Andy Ratcliffe, the chief executive of the private equity philanthropy charity Impetus, which funds education projects, said the plan means some pupils will gain and then lose eligibility for free school meals within the space of a few months, at the same time as the census data which informs exam results and school funding is collected.

Struggles and triumphs are all part of the conversation at this annual conference by NSVF, a venture philanthropy that supports education reform and puts on a conference filled with networking, internal debates and plenty of soul searching about what is working in schools.

«Philanthropies in the past in education were essentially do - gooders,» says Tom Loveless, a senior fellow in education policy at the Brookings Institution.

The dinner was held to mark the launch of Business Backs Education, a new UNESCO - supported campaign that aims to make education the recipient of 20 percent of global corporate philanthropy aimed at matters of social responsibility by 2020, up from 7 perEducation, a new UNESCO - supported campaign that aims to make education the recipient of 20 percent of global corporate philanthropy aimed at matters of social responsibility by 2020, up from 7 pereducation the recipient of 20 percent of global corporate philanthropy aimed at matters of social responsibility by 2020, up from 7 percent now.

In 2011, Relay was relaunched as an independently accredited graduate school, and it has attracted funding from a long list of prominent philanthropies (two of which, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, also support coverage of education at NPR).

Some of the brightest minds in education, philanthropy, business and public policy presented at the conference, including leaders from charter schools across California and CCSA's expert staff.

At the William Penn Foundation, a leading philanthropy with an endowment greater than $ 2 billion, she was responsible for numerous initiatives addressing social and environmental challenges in America's fifth largest city and for designing programs in education, public space, the arts and the environment.

On the web at kresge.org; the Annenberg Fund for excellence in communications and education; and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, from vision to innovative impact, 75 years of philanthropy.

At the same time, philanthropy can also benefit by embracing civil legal aid as part of its tool kit to advance housing, education, economic security, and other causes central to fairness and prosperity in our nation.

And Matt Greenfield, a partner at Rethink Education, said the industry is seeing more «creative alliances between foundations and philanthropy and for - profits.»

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