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‘School of Choice’: Who Will Win, and Who Will Lose?

Education, News

Arizona recently passed a policy in favor of “school of choice” – which would allow students who withdraw from public school education to channel their share of state funding for the education of their choice, including for private institutions or online education.

“She Can” STEM Program Launches

Children & Families, Education, News

The United States Department of Education partnered with the Smithsonian Museum of Art to launch an initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting more young women into STEM.

 

$13.8M Donated for Early Childhood Education

Children & Families, Education, News

Lower and middle-income families will finally be able to afford or simply send their children to preschool at a lower cost thanks to a $13.8 million investment in early education pledged by the San Diego Foundation.

 

$400 Million School Renewal Program Brings Hope to South Bronx School

Education, News

Formerly known as Public School 198, the newly opened Urban Scholars Community School has found itself with more resources and funding to halt its struggles, but after years of systemic poverty-related issues, how much transformation is possible remains unclear.

16 Nonprofits that Inspire Positive Change in Rural America

Arts, Media & Culture, Children & Families, Education, Environment, Foundations, Health, Justice & Poverty, News, Philanthropy

As part of our mission to draw public attention and support to the important work of nonprofits in America, we sat down to chat with 21 accomplished nonprofit leaders in Minnesota to discuss their impact in driving positive change in the evolving landscapes of rural America.

20 States Pledge to Require Education on Genocide

Education, Justice & Poverty, News

As part of the “50 State Genocide Education Project” lawmakers from 20 states of the 42 in the U.S. that do not already require education on genocide awareness and prevention have pledged to introduce legislation for public schools to require education on the Holocaust and genocide.

A Historical Moment that Paved the Future for Mexican Students

Children & Families, Education, News

Segregation in schools took a turn in 1947 in the Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County, when Mendez, et al challenged the constitutionality of separate schools for Mexican students. This case would later provide the framework for Brown vs. Board of Education and desegregation in the state and across the nation.

A New Fund to Help Children Receive an Education, Amid Crisis

Children & Families, Education, Justice & Poverty, News

The World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey – the first summit of its kind – will bring together leaders from around the world to build the “Education Cannot Wait – Fund for Education in Emergencies.”