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Oxfam America Strengthens Support for Gulf Coast Organizations Advocating for Affordable Housing and Workers’ Rights
Paulette Song Oxfam America Phone: 617.728.2437 BOSTON — Oxfam America today announced a $7.1 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen its support for local organizations…
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Summit Propels National Movement to End America’s Silent Dropout Epidemic
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3400 Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today’s “Summit on America’s Silent Epidemic” launched a national movement to end the high school dropout crisis, including a sea…
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Experts Call on Legislators to Link Education Funding to Student Achievement
Margarite WypychowskiPhone: 312.335.0100 or 773.458.8961 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Principals and teachers, legislators, and local and national education leaders gathered today for the From Here to Excellence education policy forum to…
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Strong American Schools Campaign Launches to Promote Education Reform in 2008 Presidential Election
Shannon MurphyStrong American SchoolsPhone: 202.870.1097 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Flanked by scores of parents, volunteers, and education reform advocates on the eve of the first 2008 presidential debate, the Bill &…
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Vicki Phillips Selected to Lead the Education Division within the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The foundation today announced that Dr. Vicki L. Phillips has been named director of the foundation’s education strategy and grantmaking within…
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City of New Orleans Receives Grants to Implement Recovery Recommendations
James D. RossCity of New OrleansPhone: 504.906.9123 NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans Office of Recovery Management today announced it has received $1.54 million to further integrate recommendations from…
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Citywide Coalition Joins Forces to Strengthen Student Achievement and College Preparation for Los Angeles High School Students
Cesar ChavezAlliance for a Better CommunityPhone: 213-505-6584 Daniel SilvermanThe James Irvine FoundationPhone: 415-356-9934 LOS ANGELES — The Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) today announced a $2 million investment from…
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Homeless Services Reach Out
Janet ByrdNeighborhood Partnership FundPhone: 503.226.3001, ext. 103 PORTLAND, Ore. — Bridges to Housing, a two-state, regional effort that covers the four-county metro region, offers hope for a better future to…
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Foundation Funds Efforts to Rescue 95 Percent of Endangered Crop Biodiversity | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ROME — Recognizing that the fight against hunger cannot be won without securing fast-disappearing crop biodiversity, the Global Crop Diversity Trust and its partner the United Nations Foundation announced today…
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Atlanta Public Schools to Accelerate High School Reform Efforts – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Joe MangunoAtlanta Public SchoolsPhone: 404.802.2809 ATLANTA — Atlanta Public Schools (APS) today announced plans to accelerate and expand its high school transformation initiative through a $10.5 million investment from the Bill…
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