News Study Finds Urban Schools Often Neglect Top Teachers While Keeping Weaker Ones Study Finds Urban Schools Often Neglect Top Teachers While Keeping Weaker Ones A new study finds that urban schools are systematically neglecting their best teachers, losing tens of thousands every ...
News Supporting and Scaling Change: Lessons from the First Round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program Supporting and Scaling Change: Lessons from the First Round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program A new paper published by Bellwether Education Partners, assesses the initial effect of the fir...
News Carnegie Corporation’s Board Approves 36 Grants Totaling $18,635,000 Carnegie Corporation’s Board Approves 36 Grants Totaling $18,635,000 At its quarterly meeting held in New York on June 9, 2011, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 36 ...
News Carnegie Corporation Applauds NRC on Framework for K-12 Science Education Carnegie Corporation Applauds NRC on Framework for K-12 Science Education Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, offered his support for the National Research Council'...
News Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board Approves 38 Grants Totaling $ 21,179,600 Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board Approves 38 Grants Totaling $ 21,179,600 At its third quarter meeting held in New York City on June 14, 2012, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board o...
News 45 Naturalized Americans Celebrated in Carnegie Corporation 4th of July Public Service Ad 45 Naturalized Americans Celebrated in Carnegie Corporation 4th of July Public Service Ad Immigrants: The Pride of America Recognizes Americans by Choice Forty-five Americans, who were born outside ...
News Talia Milgrom-Elcott Elected to Urban Teacher Residency United Board Talia Milgrom-Elcott Elected to Urban Teacher Residency United Board Talia Milgrom-Elcott, a program officer at Carnegie Corporation of New York and a lawyer by training, has been elected to the boa...
News World Digital Library Welcomes New Participants in Sub-Saharan Africa, former Soviet Republics/Eurasia World Digital Library Welcomes New Participants in Sub-Saharan Africa, former Soviet Republics/Eurasia Washington, D.C., June 21, 2010--Under a $2 million grant awarded by Carnegie Corporation of Ne...
News African Researchers, Others to Get Free Access to Journals Published in Africa African Researchers, Others to Get Free Access to Journals Published in Africa Johannesburg and New York, June 18, 2010—A full-text, digital archive of journal articles published in Africa is now av...
News Two Organizations, One Vision: Achieving Peace in the 21st Century Two Organizations, One Vision: Achieving Peace in the 21st Century Carnegie Corporation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Celebrate their Centennials with a panel discussion with top ne...
News Online Tool Will Examine, Re-Engineer Congress’s Information Flows Online Tool Will Examine, Re-Engineer Congress’s Information Flows Smart Congress, a web-based effort to examine and re-engineer how knowledge is shared with Congress, including the adoption of new ...
News UK and US Much Less Socially Mobile Than Australia and Canada UK and US Much Less Socially Mobile Than Australia and Canada Children from poorer families in Australia and Canada have a much greater chance of doing well at school, getting into university and ea...
News 12 Major Foundations Commit $506 Million to Education Innovation in Concert with U.S. Department of Education’s $650 Million "Investing in Innovation” Fund Private foundations also launch online registry to help schools and programs access funds
News In 60 Minutes Interview, Philanthropist Eli Broad Points to Andrew Carnegie’s Influence In 60 Minutes Interview, Philanthropist Eli Broad Points to Andrew Carnegie’s Influence Andrew Carnegie, whose creation of Carnegie Corporation of New York 100 years ago ushered in a new type of phi...
News African University Students Reject Non-Democratic Regimes, Says New Survey African University Students Reject Non-Democratic Regimes, Says New Survey A new study of universities and democratic citizenship in three African countries finds that more than two-thirds of studen...
News Recruiting, Developing, Retaining Top K-12 Talent is Focus of Effort to Improve Student Achievement Recruiting, Developing, Retaining Top K-12 Talent is Focus of Effort to Improve Student Achievement New York, April 21, 2010 — Calling the difference between being taught by a highly effective teach...
News Innovation is Key to Transforming Journalism Education Innovation is Key to Transforming Journalism Education New York, April 20, 2010 — A provocative series of essays in the Spring 2010 edition of Daedalus explores democracy's dependence on a citi...
News The Anthrax Diaries, A Documentary, Examines Secret Bioweapons Programs The Anthrax Diaries, A Documentary, Examines Secret Bioweapons Programs A new film explores what it was like to work in secret laboratories developing bioweapons—infectious or toxic agents, includin...
News “Freedom From Fear Award” To Honor Acts Of Courage On Behalf Of Immigrants And Refugees “Freedom From Fear Award” To Honor Acts Of Courage On Behalf Of Immigrants And Refugees The Freedom From Fear Award is a new national award that will honor 15 ordinary people who have committed extr...
News New Orleans Celebrates Opening of Carnegie Corporation-funded Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center New Orleans Celebrates Opening of Carnegie Corporation-funded Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center Centerpiece of neighborhood's post-Katrina redevelopment plan is social, educational an...
News Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association Announce New Literary Prizes Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association Announce New Literary Prizes Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction to Be Awarded in June by ALA Carneg...
News Africa’s Higher Ed – Development Connection Africa’s Higher Ed – Development Connection A new report explores the complex relationships between higher education and development in Africa, with a particular focus on economic and democratic dev...
News The East African: African varsities enjoy cheap internet bandwidth The East African: African varsities enjoy cheap internet bandwidth A story in the current issue of the East African (Nairobi) provides an overview of the Bandwidth Consortium, an initiative develope...
News Alan F. Westin, Carnegie Corporation-funded scholar of privacy in the information age, dies at 83 Alan F. Westin, Carnegie Corporation-funded scholar of privacy in the information age, dies at 83 Alan F. Westin, one of the first and most widely respected scholars to explore the dilemmas of priva...
News WNYC-Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts WNYC-Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts Laughter and jokes belie the serious planning that's taking place on the eighth floor of a building in midtow...