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The William Penn Foundation will give $15 million to fund innovations in Philadelphia public, private, and charter schools over the next three years.
President Jeremy Nowak said that the foundation would focus on closing the achievement gap for low-income students, with an emphasis on global standards and this effort is in line with the goals of the current School Reform Commission, overhauling the district, closing struggling schools and expanding strong ones.
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Philanthropic Follies
The Wall Street Journal profiles the new book \"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us.\"
According to the reviewer, the book, which covers over two centuries of American philanthropy, posits that
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Waypoint Madge Phillips Center Shelter has recently received a $20,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation in observation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.
According to Anne
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Paulding Education Foundation has recently awarded $7,500 to Paulding schools as a result of the foundation\'s School Grant Program.
Recipients include South Paulding High School, Austin Middle
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The Guardian has compiled a list of responses to its latest open thread, and has announced the winner of the social enterprise gift hamper packed with presents.