By awarding a series of # 20m grants, the London - based
philanthropic organization aims to create international teams to tackle challenges in treating cancer.
Not exact matches
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philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education priorities to focus on networks of traditional public schools
aimed at improving student achievement.
The initiative is an extension of Biden's 2016 appointment as head of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative, an assignment President Barack Obama extended,
aimed at pulling together federal agencies and private, academic and
philanthropic organizations to identify new cancer research topics, break down barriers slowing advances and pinpoint necessary investment areas to advance the fight against cancer.
Its
aims is to create and disseminate specialized knowledge with multi, inter and transdisciplinary contents, with original works of research, studies, reviews and innovative experiences to improve management and practice of institutions and
organizations with humanitarian and
philanthropic educational activities.
Fortunately, pioneering schools, such as Summit and LPS, are pushing the OER ecosystem to make it easier to create customized learning solutions that address students» personalized learning needs, and many of the
philanthropic organizations funding OER efforts are directing that funding toward solutions that
aim to improve student learning outcomes.
However, they suggest that significant
philanthropic resources are being devoted to
organizations with missions that
aim more toward innovation and reform.