Literacy Coaches: An Evolving Role
With too many of the nation’s students unable to read well enough to understand the information in their textbooks, literacy coaches are helping teachers learn how imparting content and comprehension can go hand-in-hand.

Also: The PASS Act Would Fund Literacy Coaching and Other Literacy Efforts

Philanthropy in Russia: New Money Under Pressure
After the Soviet Union collapsed, the “New Russians” began practicing both capitalism and philanthropy—but the Russian government may have other ideas about how the money of the newly wealthy should be spent.

Scholarship Emerges In Africa
The continent’s scholars are numerous, but their emphasis is on carrying out research that will assist national development. Is there also room for those interested in exploring the “ivory tower?”

F.W. DeKlerk
An interview with the former president of South Africa.

The International Reporting Project: Giving Journalists A New Perspective On the News
Editors from across the nation journey to Syria and Lebanon to get an on-the-ground look at the world from a Middle Eastern perspective.

Recent Events
Carnegie Corporation of New York holds a Forum on Social Inequality and Corporation president Vartan Gregorian is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

New Books
A selection of recent books on issues ranging from Islam in Russia to preventing hatred and violence in child and adolescent development.

Foundation Roundup
A series of quick snapshots of projects and initiatives supported by foundations around the country.

The BackPage
Dangerous Threat to Philanthropic Freedom

Adam Meyerson, president of The Philanthropy Roundtable, gives his views about how federal intervention could be be a threat to the independence of American foundations..

A Footnote to History
At his own request, Andrew Carnegie was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in North Tarrytown, New York.

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