Sentences with phrase «funded education philanthropies»

Few people questioned the motives behind the project or wanted to stand up against one of the newest, most well - funded education philanthropies in the nation.

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«Philanthropy is small as a part of the overall economy so it can't do things like fund health care or education for everyone,» he wrote.

Today, as a private non-profit research and education organization, Keck is supported by both public funding sources and private philanthropy.

But it isn't entirely clear yet whether XQ truly represents a more promising way of approaching high school redesign and education philanthropy or is simply a return to an old, somewhat discredited model in which funders let a thousand flowers bloom but never achieved large - scale improvement.

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

Most of the top education organizations have evolved to thrive in urban environments with higher levels of funding, significant philanthropy, and ready access to major talent pools.

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.

Joining Forces: Two foundations that helped underwrite programs in education and the arts have consolidated to form the Wallace - Reader's Digest Funds, a philanthropy that is expected to extend some $ 100 million in gifts this year.

The most vivid example has been the Obama Education Department's Investing in Innovation Fund, which requires grant recipients to come up with matching dollars from the private sector (that is, private philanthropy).

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.

The fact that a nonprofit that receives funding from both the Gates Foundation and Microsoft pressures states to adopt for - profit education reforms may raise red flags with some in the philanthropy community, as Microsoft, too, has moved into the education field.

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.

According to my analysis in a chapter in a new book edited by Rick Hess and Jeff Henig on education philanthropy, the largest education foundations only devote 6 % of their funding toward research.

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.

We need to have a broader conversation about these topics, and we need to make sure that we are sending the message that the education we provide is worth every penny — no matter whether it's funded by tuition, scholarships, school choice or local philanthropy.

But formal arrangements encouraged by the government or by some academy trusts and school heads via regular parental contributions risk shifting the responsibility for funding education from the state to philanthropy.

America «did it better than anyone else,» yet here we are, being choked by the hellish union of unfettered business / philanthropy dollars and state addiction to federal education funding.

«Our belief is that Memphis is poised to be either the first or among the first major urban centers to fully and deeply transform public education for all kids — in our case, without having had to suffer a hurricane to get there,» said Barbara Hyde, the president of the Hyde Family Foundations, a philanthropy in Memphis that funds some of the efforts.

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.

The study's release coincided with the formation of a new Education Funders Research Initiative a project of Philanthropy New York to study the results of education reform strategies over the lasEducation Funders Research Initiative a project of Philanthropy New York to study the results of education reform strategies over the laseducation reform strategies over the last decade.

The latest offer of «help» from the hedge fund crowd comes from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which is establishing ELP Venture, a «venture philanthropy fund» to offer rewards for more education innovations to inflict on CPS students.

Responding to research from Stanford University's John W. Gardner Center linking student opinions and perceptions to their own academic outcomes, the Center for Effective Philanthropy — funded by a host of donors, including the Gates, Hewlett and Wallace foundations — created YouthTruth «to better understand from students what was and was not working in their high schools in order to give school and district leaders, as well as education funders, better information to inform improvement efforts.»

In the domain of venture philanthropy — where donors decide what social transformation they want to engineer and then design and fund projects to implement their vision — investing in education yields great bang for the buck.

Two of the biggest names in technology and education philanthropy are jointly funding a $ 12 million initiative to support new ways of tailoring classroom instruction to individual students.

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The President of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) not only serves on the Board of Friendship Schools, but the education reform investment company has also played a major role in funding Friendship Schools and its aggressive expansion plans.

Board includes Gregory Prince (President, Educational Services Associates), Carol Thompson Cole (President & CEO, Venture Philanthropy Partners), Deborah McGriff (Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund), Chris Whittle (an education entrepreneur who founded the ill - fated Edison Schools and now serves as the chief executive officer of Avenues: The World School, «a planned international system of independent pre-K-12 schools) and Kevin P. Chavous (CEO of the Chavous Group, an education reform consulting and public relations group).

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).

The push, heavily motivated by federal funding initiatives such as the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top program, and major education reform philanthropies, seeks to accelerate the rate of improvements in education and the number of United States students succeeding in school, career and life.

We received funding from United Way, Greenstar Food Coop, Gannet Foundation, Rotary, The Howland Foundation as administered by the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Ithaca Public Education Initiative, Legacy Foundation, United Way Youth Philanthropy, and the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair.

The Chicago Public Education Fund, an elite nonprofit philanthropy group that had connections to SUPES, said last year that it would invest $ 750,000 with the company to expand resources and tools available to district teachers.

Examining the top recipients of K - 12 education - related philanthropy in 2012 (most recent year available) provides a snapshot of funders» recent priorities.

To raise awareness and challenge the philanthropic community to better resource movements to support healthy living and learning for Native children and youth, the Schott Foundation and Nike's N7 Fund, in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, convened a group of Native education, health care, and human services experts along with several foundations in Washington, DC, in late June.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Ten working groups are investigating the role of efficacy research as it relates to (a) K - 12 district and school decision making, (b) higher education decision making, (c) research spending, (d) evidence and quality of efficacy in research approaches, (e) institutional competence, (f) investors and entrepreneurs, (g) the role of federal goals and funding, (h) educational philanthropies, (i) end users, and (j) crowdsourcing.

The US Department of Education, which in recent years has hired into leadership positions a number of people from venture philanthropy organizations, has also actively promoted, and in some cases, funded these programs.

He notes the convergence of three important trends: first, the rise in strategic education philanthropy; second, the decline in federal funding, in part due to ideologically contested priorities; and third, the growing influence of nonacademic think tanks operating outside the constraints of university - based research.

Backed by a grant from NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit education reform philanthropy, the group has accumulated about 60 articles for its history platform on topics ranging from ancient China to the American Revolution.

[45] «Doris and Donald Fisher Fund: Grants K - 12 Education,» Inside Philanthropy, accessed March 31, 2017, https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/grants-for-k-12-education/doris-and-donald-fisher-fund-grants-for-k-12-education.html.

Funded solely by the philanthropy of our donors, the Cornell Feline Health Center has a proud legacy of supporting basic and clinical research, disseminating vital information and providing support to veterinary health professionals and cat lovers, supporting the education of tomorrow's top - notch veterinarians and researchers, and responding to emergent health issues that affect cats worldwide.

WAIF subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights created by the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC), Association of Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

The AABP Foundation — Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund is a component of Pfizer Animal Health's Commitment to Veterinarians ™ platform, which offers support through training and education, research and development, investing in the future of the veterinary profession, and philanthropy.

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.

Michelle was a Principal Research Fellow at ACER where she founded and led Tender Bridge ™, a national social enterprise to improve the access to education - related funding for schools and LLEAP — Leading Learning in Education and Philanthropy, which investigates and documents models of philanthropic engagement in eeducation - related funding for schools and LLEAP — Leading Learning in Education and Philanthropy, which investigates and documents models of philanthropic engagement in eEducation and Philanthropy, which investigates and documents models of philanthropic engagement in educationeducation.