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WMC 5 Action News Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, paid a visit to Memphis on Tuesday, May 22. However, his trip to the Bluff City had nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with education. Read more
Inside Philanthropys Ballmer Group, the philanthropic outfit founded by Steve and Connie Ballmer, made a splash in the world of education philanthropy this week with the announcement of two big gifts that add up to $30 million. Read more
POLITICO Twenty-nine municipalities nationwide joined a push this week to boost child development for babies and children up to age 3. Read more
Education Week Twenty-nine communities across the country will focus on building up high-quality care for infants and toddlers thanks to a new philanthropic effort from Pritzker’s Children’s Initiative, a project of the Chicago-based J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation. Read more
Inside Philanthropy The Pritzker Children’s Initiative, an outfit backed by J.B and M.K. Pritzker, recently revealed more details on its $6.5 million, one-year pilot to support early childhood development from birth to age three. The funder first announced the project last November. As part of the pilot, the initiative is funding projects in 29 communities…
Upstate Parent The key to helping children get ready for kindergarten lies first in knowing what they need. Spartanburg County’s youngest residents will have a head start with evidence-based support targeted to help all children be ready to start school and succeed in the classroom. Read more
The Seattle Times If we want our kids to succeed in school, the first step is making sure they’re actually in class. But a stark disparity in discipline results in removing black students from school far too frequently. In 2014, black students represented 39 percent of those suspended, despite being only 15.5 percent of public…
Rivard Report No single leader or agency has the capacity to drive change at scale. It takes all of us, pulling together over time to make major improvements for our city and communities. And to work well together, we must have a fundamental commitment to sharing everything from resources, to goals, to decisions. Read more
Getting Smart Deborah Gist grew up in Tulsa. She earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education at the University of Oklahoma. After teaching and a couple of east coast masters degrees she ran Serve DC, an extension of the D.C. mayor’s office promoting service as an innovative, sustainable solution to pressing social challenges. Read…
Microsoft Chicago Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar is the Senior Director of Impact at StriveTogether which is a national, nonprofit network of more than 70 communities that supports the success of every child, cradle to career. Their primary focus is to provide coaching, connections and resources to local partnerships to work together to accelerate progress in education. In…
Daily Citizen-News Four years ago, leaders in Tulsa, Okla., looked at their community — home to nearly 30 percent of the state’s population — and decided to make quality education for every student a key priority. The result was ImpactTulsa, a partnership of some 300 organizations and 15 school systems serving some 170,000 students. Read…
The Newport Plain Talk In August 2017, Save the Children expanded services provided to Cocke County through its Community Collaborative initiative. The goal of the program is to bring together all entities that are interested in improving education in the district. Read more