Gates Foundation Awards $335 Million to Improve Student Achievement
Grants totaling $290 million were awarded to three school districts and one charter school management coalition, while $45 million was awarded to the Measures of Effective Teaching project....
Preventable Diseases Costing U.S. Billions, Report Finds
The twentieth edition of the America's Health Rankings report found that although the U.S. healthcare system has become adept at treating certain diseases, Americans are struggling to modify behaviors that contribute to chronic disease....
Hunger in United States at 14-Year High
The number of Americans who lived in households that lacked consistent access to adequate food soared to 49 million last year, the highest since the Department of Agriculture began tracking "food insecurity" fourteen years ago....
Online Giving Campaign Raises $14 Million for Minnesota Nonprofits
Through the Give to the Max Day campaign on November 17, some 39,000 individuals made donations to benefit more than 3,400 organizations, including Second Harvest Heartland, Twin Cities Public Television, and the Animal Humane Society....
The latest column in our TechSoup series suggests several avenues and resources — free and fee-based — you can use to upgrade your skills and knowledge of technology....
Blumenthal, director of social media strategy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, argues that social media tools can make foundations more effective....
Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic, spoke with PND about the challenges of running a world-class arts organization in a recession-plagued economy....
The center fights Alzheimer's disease by funding research that addresses the causes of the disease, patient care, and a possible cure....
The center's Web site is an inter- active portal to the Smithsonian Ameri- can Art Museum's collection and offers a range of activities for children and young adults....
On the blog, we share Jim Collins' top "to-dos" for people under 30; Mitch reports on Bill Gates' recent appearance at the 92nd Street Y; and Regina checks in with a new link roundup....
