April 30, 2013

Enquirer-Good News and Bad News about the Rise of the Common Core

There’s good news and bad news about the rise of the Common Core, that new system of math and English standards people hope will reshape and restore American education. The good news: the Common...
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March 11, 2013

Brash Tactics Push Immigration Movement Forward, but Foundation Support Lags

Dozens of advocacy groups, many led by young immigrants to the United States, are springing up to put pressure on Congress to change America’s citizenship laws. With both the White House and...
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January 13, 2013

President Putin: Restore Openness to Nonprofit Involvement

Dear Mr. Putin, You don’t know me, but we have met. For the past nine years, you have generously hosted the Valdai International Discussion Club in Russia, giving time and attention to this...
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December 19, 2012

Grantee Launches A New Rigorous Curriculum For English Language Learners

"Learning English in action" is a good way to describe a new K-12 teaching approach being rolled out nationally by a group of educators whose aim is to help raise the quality of education for all...
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December 7, 2012

HuffPost - Our Democracy Is Only as Strong as Our Press

When I became president of Carnegie Corporation in 1997, there were many issues on my mind, many challenges to our nation and our society that I thought could be addressed by the foundation Andrew...
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November 29, 2012

New York Times - "Japan’s Nuclear Mistake" plutonium recycling program sets a terrible precedent

This year has seen a lot of concern about the confrontation between China and Japan over a group of islets in the East China Sea. Less attention, though, is being paid to what may be a more...
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October 26, 2012

University of Ghana Inaugurates Research Commons

Modern Ghana

Ghana News Agency: The University of Ghana on Thursday inaugurated a two million dollar grant library project; the “Research Commons,” sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to enhance...
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July 25, 2012

Carnegie Corporation mourns the passing of Sally Ride.

Carnegie Corporation mourns the passing of Sally Ride Best known as the first American woman to fly in space, she inspired millions of girls and thousands of teachers through her tireless efforts to...
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June 4, 2012

Next Generation Social Sciences in African Studies Association News

Investing in the training of social science faculty in African universities to respond to the growing demands of the continent’s knowledge economy is the purpose of a Carnegie Corporation-funded...
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February 8, 2012

Obama proposes money for math, science education

Chicago Tribune

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed $80 million in new government funding for a program to boost science and math education in U.S. schools.
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February 8, 2012

Obama announces $80 million education plan at White House Science Fair

The Hill

President Obama took Tuesday's White House Science Fair as an opportunity to announce his multimillion-dollar plan to improve the nation's science and math education programs, a move he said that...
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February 7, 2012

Obama Announces Education Initiatives at White House Science Fair

The New York Times

President Obama for a second time converted the White House public rooms into a science fair on Tuesday, and announced new federal and private-sector initiatives to encourage “a nation of tinkerers...
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February 7, 2012

New Obama plan to help math, science teacher prep

The Sacramento Bee

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term...
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February 7, 2012

Obama Renews $80 Million Bid for Science, Math Teachers

Bloomberg

President Barack Obama said he’ll request $80 million in education funding for training math and science teachers to help the U.S. stay competitive in world commerce, reviving a budget request last...
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February 7, 2012

Obama proposes money for math, science education

Reuters

Obama, who is running for re-election in November at a time when the economy is voters' top concern, has sought to emphasize math and science education as one of the keys to a robust economic...
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February 7, 2012

Obama to announce $100 million plan to train new educators

Washington Post

President Obama will use the backdrop of a White House science fair Tuesday to highlight a nationwide shortage of math and science teachers and unveil a plan to invest $100 million to help train...
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February 2, 2012

Rise aims to shine more brightly on African sector

Times Higher Education (UK)

The Regional Initiative in Science and Education (Rise) seeks to address the chronic lack of qualified lecturers in sub-Saharan universities. Staff running the project said that almost all the...
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February 1, 2012

Digital archive project gets major funding

Sage Nonprofit Solutions

The Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation recently gave $1 million to the Carnegie Hall of New York in conjunction with a $1 million challenge grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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January 31, 2012

Big cheer for small schools

The New York Post

Small public-high schools in the city that are open to kids at all academic levels have strikingly increased students’ prospects of graduating, a new report has found.
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January 31, 2012

Get Schooled New study out of New York: Smaller high schools graduate more and better prepared students

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

School and class size are one of those areas in education where the research and common sense can diverge. Parents and teachers feel at an organic level that fewer students in a class or a school...
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