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Grants Awarded: April – May 2013

Surdna Foundation surdna.org/ (212) 557-0010 New York, NY Grants awarded to: Asian Arts Initiative – to support Youth Arts Workshop, a year-round...

Education, Diversity and Economic Outcomes Discussed at CAP Webinar

On Monday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a webinar event in Washington, D.C. titled “Leveling the Education Playing Field.” Neera...

When Parents are Unemployed, Children Suffer

Job loss significantly impacts children; federal programs could do more As jobless rates remain high, federal and state support systems could do...

House Subcommittee Tackles Reauthorization of Higher Education Act

With the Higher Education Act (HEA) set to expire at the end of the year — in turn, setting up a reauthorization...

New Report Proposes Financial Aid Reform to Benefit Low-Income Students

A new report released by the Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) Center on Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES) argues that...

Fledgling NJ Program Paves a Path from Corrections to College

Prison-to-college initiatives might become more common in United States A little more than a decade ago, then-22-year-old Danny Feliciano stood at the...

New Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Community College Enrollment

Fewer people from the country’s poorest states are enrolling in community college since Congress tightened eligibility rules for federal tuition assistance through...

Grants Awarded: December 2012 – January 2013

The Tow Foundationhttp://towfoundation.org/203-761-6604New Canaan, CT The Tow Foundation has granted a three-year, $255,000 grant to Kennesaw State University’s Center for Sustainable Journalism...

Experts Offer Advice on Building Successful Youth Credentialing Programs

The federal Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S Employment and Training Administration (ETA) held a live online chat Nov. 15 to...

Grants Awarded: September – November 2012

  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ (206) 709-3100 Seattle, WA Highline Public Schools, to create a three year strategic plan and...

Grants Awarded: July – September 2012

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ (206) 709-3100 Seattle, WA Athabasca University, to provide conference support to Massive Open Online...

Releasing Juvenile Records to Universities Unfairly Burdens Youth

I joined the Army in 1984, at least in part because I hated high school. I couldn’t stand the drudgery of boring...

United States Lags Behind Global Rivals in Education

As public-school teachers picket outside classrooms in Chicago for the first time in 25 years, a new report confirms that the United...

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

Student ID Cards Far From Sure Ticket to the Voting Booth

Morehouse College students can use their ID cards to buy food and school supplies, use computer labs and get books from the...

Facebook App Puts Public Inside Foster Care System

Each year, more than half a million children come into contact with the foster care system in the United States. Of those, 80 percent...

Secretary of Education Unveils Blueprint to Reform Nation’s Vocational Education System

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Child Welfare More upheaval in the Nebraska privatization experiment, reports JoAnne Young of the Lincoln Journal Star, as lead child welfare agency...

National Hub Started for State Child Welfare Reform

A group of nonprofits will work with the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation to establish a national hub for state child welfare...

House Subcommitee Discusses Soaring Cost of College

The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce met today to discuss college...