November 11, 2009
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Ford Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to 'Transform' Secondary Education
 
The New York City-based Ford Foundation has announced the launch of a seven-year, $100 million initiative to help transform secondary education by fostering the conditions and resources needed to provide a good education at some of the nation's most disadvantaged urban public schools. Working in partnership with parents, teachers, students, community organizations, and local funders in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Denver, and Newark, New Jersey, the initiative will provide funding for projects that address four elements of school infrastructure that could improve the quality of education provided to the nation's most vulnerable students: sufficient and equitable school financing, quality teaching, additional and more useful learning time, and meaningful accountability.Read the article»
Recent Education News from Philanthropy News Digest Kellogg Foundation Awards $16.7 Million to Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation The grant will be used to establish the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship program for future science, technology, engineering, and math teachers in the state.... Posted: 11/10/09
Gates Foundation Awards $4 Million to Improve College Graduation Rates in Seven Cities
Amherst College Receives Anonymous Gifts Totaling $125 Million
Twenty-Three College Presidents Earned More Than $1 Million in 2008, Survey Finds
Lumina Foundation for Education Awards $4.5 Million to Minority-Serving Institutions
Funding Opportunities MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship Seeks Nominations of Exceptional University-Based Community Outreach Programs Eight prizes of up to $5,000 will be awarded to university-based programs around the world that encourage active citizenship and student leadership.... Deadline: 12/15/09
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries Accepting Applications From School Libraries
National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association Announce We the People Bookshelf Grant Opportunity
Fund for Teachers Accepting Applications for 2010 Summer Education Grants
ING Unsung Heroes Program Offers Grants for K-12 Educational Projects
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Addressing the Dropout Crisis
Published earlier this year by Civic Enterprises, On the Frontlines of Schools: Perspectives of Teachers and Principals on the High School Dropout Problem (60 pages, PDF) explores the causes of the dropout problem from the perspective of teachers and administrators and offers a number of recommendations (e.g., higher academic expectations, alternative learning environments, smaller classes, early detection, better parental outreach) to help stem the crisis.
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The public comment period on proposed guidelines
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