Inside: Andrew Carnegie’s timeless mission. Responsibility to Protect. South Africa’s Libraries. Encouraging Legal Permanent Residents to Naturalize. Transforming Education through Math and Science. Great J-Schools. Advancing a Legacy in the U.S. and on the Global Stage. And more.

Citation:	Graham, S., Harris, K., and Hebert, M. A. (2011). Informing writing: The benefits of formative assessment. A Carnegie Corporation Time to Act report. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
Author:	Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, and Michael Hebert
Program:	Adolescent Literacy
Program:	Urban and Higher Education

The report uses the powerful statistical method of meta-analysis to determine that classroom-based writing assessmentscan help students improve their writing skills. Additionally, these “formative” assessments, as they are called, allow teachers to gauge the effectiveness of their instructional practices, modify instruction as needed, and provide students with feedback on writing strengths and areas in need of improvement.

Citation:	Theroux, Karen, Police Executive Research Forum: Freeing Local Police from Immigration Enforcement. A Carnegie Results Publication (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2011)
Author:	Karen Theroux
Program:	Democracy and Civic Integration

Dealing with immigration issues is one of the most critical and frustrating challenges police and sheriffs’ departments currently face. To solve this problem and take some pressure off their members, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has conducted research and met with police leaders to frame immigration policy recommendations not only to guide local authorities, but to inform Congress and the Obama administration as well.

Using local police to enforce federal immigration law creates a climate of fear and division, according to PERF. Carnegie Corporation, which encourages the integration of immigrants into civic life, has supported PERF’s efforts to assess enforcement practices, come up with more useful policies and make the problem part of the national debate. This issue of Carnegie Results describes how PERF gives policymakers and the public much-needed information about the effects of immigration laws, which, according to Geri Mannion, program director of the Corporation’s U.S. Democracy and Special Opportunities Fund, “have had real consequences for many individuals—those who are undocumented as well as those who are legal immigrants but not citizens, and even those who simply appear to be immigrants or undocumented. These policies also have serious repercussions for the police who must enforce them.”

This report cites momentum gained and renews the call to “do school differently.”  In the two years since the release of The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy the report has served as a call to action, a unifying framework, and a mission statement for improved math and science education. Opportunity Equation presented a vision for excellent, equitable science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning that would reach all U.S. students and prepare them for full participation as citizens and as workers in an increasingly global economy, and it lent momentum and credibility to a growing movement. 

Now the conveners of the Commission – Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Institute for Advanced Study – are looking back on the major developments in each of the four areas emphasized in the original report: excellence and equity; standards and assessments; teaching and leadership; and school and system design.

Citation:	Moyers, Bill. "A New Hour-long Weekly Broadcast." Letter to Colleagues in Public Television. 22 Aug. 2011. MS. New York, NY.
Author:	Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers announces return to public television.

Citation:	Ogwang, Patrick E., et. al. "Use of Artemisia Annua L. Infusion for Malaria Prevention: Mode of Action and Benefits in a Ugandan Community." British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 1.4 (2011): 124-32. Web
Author:	Patrick E. Ogwang, et. al.
Program:	Higher Education and Libraries in Africa
Subprogram:	Investing in Africa's Next Generation of Academics and University Leaders

Malaria is major public health problem in Uganda endemic in 95% contributing up to 40% of hospital outpatient attendances. Approaches to controlling the disease include; environmental, entomological and medicinal interventions. Some communities use medicinal plants to control the disease. In this paper we report the use of Artemisia annua L. for malaria prophylaxis at a Ugandan floricultural farm. We conducted a survey of the farm workers to determine extent of use of A. annua ‘tea’, their clinic attendance patterns and also quantified the levels of artemisinin and flavonoids in A. annua. We further tested the effect of artemisinin devoid extract in laboratory animal models. Findings from the survey showed that 84.2% of the managers and 62% of field workers in this farm consumed A. annua ‘tea’ once a week to prevent malaria and related fevers. Clinic attendance due to fevers or symptoms associated with malaria was reduced by 80% while cases of laboratory confirmed diagnosis of malaria reduced by 16.7%. Laboratory test of A. annua leaf powder used in community indicated the presence of artemisinin (0.4% to 0.5%) and flavonoids (9% to 11%). A. annua extract devoid of artemisinin was found to significantly boost monocyte counts in albino rats (p<0.001).The action of these flovonoids could explain the mechanism of prophylaxis of

A. annua ‘tea’. A. annua variety or product thereof rich in flavonoids but devoid of artemisinin should be developed and tried for mass prevention of malaria as a beverage or food taken regularly.

Citation:	Cloete, Nico, Tracey Bailey, and Peter Maassen. Universities And Economic Development In Africa. Pact, Academic Core And Coordination. Rep. Wynberg, South Africa: Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), 2011. Print
Subprogram:	Investing in Africa's Next Generation of Academics and University Leaders

Research exploring the relationship between higher education and development (economic and democratic) in Africa.

Citation:

Bloomberg, Michael R. "Proclamation: Carnegie Corporation of New York Centennial Day in New York City." Letter to The City of New York. 9 June 2011.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg issued an official order proclaiming Thursday, June 9, 2011, “Carnegie Corporation of New York Centennial Day” in New York City. 

Citation:	Katz, Lee Michael. "Nuclear Threat Initiative: Working to Reduce Nuclear Dangers with a Goal of Ultimately Ending Nuclear Weapons as a Threat to the World." Summer 2011.
Author:	Lee Michael Katz
Program:	International Peace and Security
Subprogram:	Nuclear Security

Ten years after its founding by businessman Ted Turner and former Senator Sam Nunn, those involved with the work of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), including some former top U.S. officials, say they can look back on a decade’s worth of effort and see real results from the organization’s activities aimed at making the dangers of nuclear weapons and materials an issue of critical concern for nations around the globe.

Citation:	Luescher-Mamashela, Thierry M. The University in Africa and Democratic Citizenship. Hothouse or Training Ground? Wynberg, South Africa: Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), 2011. Print.
Author:	Thierry M Luescher-Mamashela
Program:	Higher Education and Libraries in Africa
Subprogram:	Investing in Africa's Next Generation of Academics and University Leaders

Whether and how higher education in Africa contributes to democratisation beyond producing the professionals that are necessary for developing and sustaining a modern political system, remains an unresolved question. This report, then, represents an attempt to address the question of whether there are university-specific mechanisms or pathways by which higher education contributes to the development of democratic attitudes and behaviours among students, and how these mechanisms operate and relate to politics both on and off campus.

Citation:	Siyaphambili: Young Women on the Move. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training (RSA), 2011. Print.
Program:	Higher Education and Libraries in Africa

The report documents the impacts of a 10-year foundation-funded effort to support and increase the number of undergraduate women—primarily in the sciences—attending South African universities.  "Siyaphambili: Young Women on the Move" presents the stories of some of the program’s graduates and also serves as a career guidance and support tool for female students throughout South Africa.

Citation:	Jonathan, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Peter Levine, Ted McConnell, and David B. Smith, eds. Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools. Rep. Philadelphia: Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of, 2011. Print.
Author:	Jonathan, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Peter Levine, Ted McConnell, and David B. Smith, eds
Program:	Democracy and Civic Integration

Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools, is an urgent call for action to restore the historic civic mission of our nation's schools.

This new report provides research-based evidence of the decline in civic learning in American schools and presents six proven practices that should be at the heart of every school's approach to civic learning. It also provides recommendations for education policymakers to ensure every student acquires the civic skills and knowledge needed for an informed, engaged citizenry.

This report builds and expands on the findings of the Civic Mission of Schools report, published in 2003 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

The report was produced by the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, the Leonore Annenberg Institute of Civics of the Annenberg Center for Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania; the National Conference on Citizenship; the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement at Tufts University and the Public Education Division of the American Bar Association.

Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools, reshapes the field for expanded-time schools by outlining specific practices that can lead to dramatic increases in student achievement and preparation for success in college and the workforce. Time Well Spent offers an in-depth examination of 30 expanded-time schools serving high-poverty populations with impressive track records of student success, and demonstrates how these schools leverage their additional time in order to implement other critical reforms.

Citation:	Theroux, Karen. A New Civic Mission of Schools (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2011)
Program:	Democracy and Civic Integration
Subprogram:	Immigrant Civic Integration

Where will the country’s next generation of leaders come from if young people don’t care? This question was being asked with considerable urgency at Carnegie Corporation in late 2001. At that point, surveys showed Americans under the age of 25 were less likely to vote than their parents, or young people of prior generations. Even though many were volunteering and joining in community activities, the connection to civic engagement was seen as tenuous. New strategies were needed to educate the country’s youth and fully prepare them for responsible citizenship, but experts couldn’t agree on what approach would work best. To find the answer, the Corporation created a new area of democracy grantmaking aimed at identifying and jump-starting the most effective approaches to civic education.

Inside: A Vision of Social Justice-Carnegie Corporation in the ‘60s. Pell Grants-The Inside Story. Portraits of Lives Changed. The Second 50 Years. A Commitment to African Higher Ed. A Sacred Trust. Bill Moyers Salutes John Gardner

Citation:	Kenneth Walker. Preventing Maternal Mortality. (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2011)
Author:	Kenneth Walker

A series of now well-established, affordable and universally accepted health care interventions, developed with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, have contributed to making pregnancy and childbirth safer for women and newborns in many parts of the world.  Research supported in the 1980s and 90s under the Corporation’s Africa grantmaking helped to firmly establish maternal mortality as a human rights issue. 

Citation:

Carnegie Corporation of New York 2010 Annual Report. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2011. Print

Carnegie Corporation’s most recent annual report covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 and includes a listing of approved grants accompanied by brief abstracts as well as reports on finances, investments and administration. The reports also provide a list of current trustees and staff.

Citation:	Hoffmaster, Debra A., Gerard Murphy, Shannon McFadden, and Molly Griswold. Police and Immigration: How Chiefs Are Leading Their Communities through the Challenges. Rep. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum, 2011. Print.
Program:	Democracy and Civic Integration
Subprogram:	Immigrant Civic Integration

Local police chiefs increasingly are being drawn into the national debate about how to enforce federal immigration laws and in some cases are taking strong leadership roles in defining appropriate roles for local law enforcement, according to a new report by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).

Citation:	Investing in Our Next Generation: A Funder’s Guide to Addressing the Educational Opportunities and Challenges Facing English Language Learners. Report. Grantmakers for Education. February 2011
Program:	Adolescent Literacy

A Funder’s Guide to Addressing the Educational Opportunities and Challenges Facing English Language Learners

Citation:	Milgrom-Elcott, Talia. The Elusive Talent Strategy. An Excellent Teacher for Every Student in Every School. Publication. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2011. Print
Author:	Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Tags:	human capital, teaching, teachers, school administrators, talent, recruitment, school reform, education, Race to the Top, teacher preparation, high school, graduation rates, Boston Teacher Residency, Academy for Urban School Leadership, alternative teacher certification, schools of education, Teach For America, The New Teacher Project, data, accountability, student assessments, thin contract,

The country must rethink and reinvent the way teachers are trained, recruited, developed, and rewarded, as well as making better use of talented teachers already on the job.

The goal of this and other Carnegie “Challenge” papers is to lift up ideas and issues in a way that Carnegie Corporation hopes will elevate them to the nation’s agenda. The subjects we deal with, along with questions we explore and the issues we frame, grow out of the work of Carnegie Corporation of New York but do not necessarily represent the current focus of our programs.