Education
Does Public Education Need “Reform” or Just More Cash?
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How much does a good education cost? A new study gives an answer we may not want to hear. With public education, as with many things in life, you get what you pay for.
Education
One Example of a Nonprofit Moving to Scale through a Collaborative Network
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Partnership and information-sharing are intrinsic to the nonprofit sector. Collaborative networks can overcome shared challenges, leverage collective wisdom and assets, develop new tools, and foster a culture of innovation.
Education
East Los Angelenos Reflect on State of Education at 50th Anniversary of Blowouts
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Fifty years ago, thousands of Chicano students walked out of schools across Los Angeles, calling for a better education and a reflection of their culture in the curriculum. Today, Latinx people are often teachers, administrators, and board members in L.A. Schools, but challenges persist.
Puerto Rico
The Power of Community: Relationships and Resilience in the Midst of Disaster
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PECES exemplifies how everything connects to everything else. The relationships are the enabling and linking mechanisms: the understanding of who is in the community, who needs extra support, and what matters most. That native understanding of the place you’re in is critical in relief. The dynamics matter—and it’ll matter in the rebuilding.
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In Idaho, House Committee Seeks to Limit Teaching of Climate Change
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In Idaho, the House Education Committee moves to limit teaching of climate change, cutting a section on the environmental impact of nonrenewable sources of energy and removing content about human-driven warming from state education standards.
Education
Court Rules Racial Animus at Root of Ouster of Ethnic Studies Program
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Federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima has ruled that racial animus was at the core of the decision to discontinue a Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson’s public schools.
higher education
NACC Votes for Accreditation of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Academic Programs
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In a major inflection point for the sector, the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council votes to create a standalone accreditation program for academic degrees in nonprofit and philanthropic studies.
Nonprofit News
SNHU Pilots Refugee College
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A group of anonymous donors believes that access to higher education will move help refugees around the world go from just existing to thriving. They have demonstrated their faith in this belief with an anonymous gift of $10 million to the Southern New Hampshire University.
Nonprofit News
Chicago Schools Remain Shuttered as Reminders of Need for Community Engagement First
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In Chicago’s poor black neighborhoods, shuttered public schools have stayed vacant for years. Failure to include the community in decisions about the neighborhood’s future has stymied redevelopment plans.
nonprofit limited liability corporations
On to Education—Chan Zuckerberg’s Next Investment
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Can the public good be advanced privately? CZI says yes, just trust us.