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New York Dance Educators Soar on the Web with a New Web Presence by Ironpaper

The New York State Dance Education Association (NYSDEA) required a new website to meet the demands and challenges of the dance community in the 21st century. Progress in the field of dance education, has grown stagnant from the perspective of education priorities, funding, modes of public engagement with dance, and more. Interactive web design and [...]

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JP Morgan Investing 325 Million In Charter Schools

JP Morgan a new initiative to invest 325 million in charter schools. The new initiative will focus on the growth of high performers in this difficult credit environment. The company will provide $50 million in grants to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to be used as permanent equity to fund top-performing charter schools. 175 million [...]

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Free Flu Preparedness Toolkit

National Council of Nonprofits has launched a free toolkit for non-profits to help prepare for the flu. Information can be found on their website at: www.councilofnonprofits.org. The N.C.N. acknowledges that some non-profits will be affected more significantly than others. Specifically they mentioned that schools and nonprofits providing residential services, child care, elder care and health [...]

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Google Docs Takes Students Seriously

Google Docs, a free online alternative to the Microsoft Office suite, has recently rolled out a series of student focused features that include equation editor, superscripts and subscripts, document translation, improvements to surveys, and more outlining options. The introduction of these features were the direct product of a group of Google Docs’ summer interns who [...]

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Marin Community Foundation To Invest 35 Million In Education

The Marin Community Foundation ( marincf.org ) will be investing a minimum of 35 million over five years to low income students and students of color. The Foundation’s goal with this investment is to help close the education gap in their area of Marin County. “..[T]here are also many [students] who are falling behind, and [...]

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Experimental School For Disadvantaged Children Opens In South Carolina

Duram South Carolina opened a new experimental school that will provide opportunities for some of the area’s poorest neighborhoods. The 10 million dollar complex will support 74 children in a program of rigorous academic instruction with the hopes of college preparation for kids who might otherwise not seek such possibilities. The new school boasts a [...]

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