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Urban Teachers and Blue Engine in WSJ Supporting Coalition of Teacher-Preparation GroupsUrban Teachers and Blue Engine joined Teach for America and six additional alternative-certification programs to propose rules by the U.S. Education Department, intended to weed…Feb 2015
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Sasha Chanoff of RefugePoint Shares his Personal Story on Moth NPR Radio HourMoth NPR Radio Hour invited Sasha Chanoff to share his personal story of his refugee rescue mission to evacuate people who were being massacred in…Feb 2015
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The Future Project Receives $10 Million Investment from McCourt GlobalMcCourt Global (MG), a leader in building value through entrepreneurial, strategic, and philanthropic investments, today announced that it has made a transformative $10 million investment…Feb 2015
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iCivics receives MacArthur Award Given to 9 Exceptional Nonprofits Changing the WorldNine organizations were named as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional nonprofit organizations that are engaged in…Feb 2015
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New Yorker: How Crisis Text Line Harnesses the Power of the Texts to Help TeensDepression is common among teens, and its consequences are volatile: suicide is the third leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of ten and…Feb 2015
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IDEO.org Featured in The Christian Science Monitor and Wins Bank of the West's Innovation AwardSan Francisco-based IDEO.org received the Bank of the West’s Innovation in Philanthropy Award, which recognizes a visionary, ambitious and entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that employs new…Jan 2015
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FoodCorps' Debra Eschmeyer Selected to Lead First Lady Michelle Obama's Food WorkDebra “Deb” Eschmeyer, a leading nutrition and local food advocate, has replaced Sam Kass as executive director of Let’s Move! and senior policy advisor for…Jan 2015
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NYT Features Lava Mae's Efforts to Convert Buses into Showers for the HomelessThere are thousands of homeless people in San Francisco and scant access to public bathrooms. We associate sanitation problems with the Third World, not the…Jan 2015
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Welcoming America: An Incredible Honor from the PresidentHere is an excerpt of what President Obama said in his speech: “[L]et me close with the story of somebody who is working to bring…Dec 2014