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Learning by Doing Together: Improving Education Policy in Puerto Rico through a Research-Practice Partnership

WT Grant Foundation

2015; Lemos and Scur 2017) at baseline and at the end of each academic year over the course of the study. 2015), we expect the Principals’ Academy to be an effective strategy to improve the academic achievement of students across Puerto Rico. A sample of 400 PRDE schools yielded an average management score of 2.3 (on and Scur, D.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

There are also nine recommendations that call leaders across the nonprofit, funder, business and policy sectors to take action to protect and promote the future of generosity. The nine recommendations in the report are divided into four categories — research, culture, practice, and policy. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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Former United Way Exec Sues For $12 Million

The NonProfit Times

Lisa Bowman was chief marketing officer and executive vice president for United Way Worldwide from November 2015 through February 2020. Leaders of the organization announced in February 2021 that the investigation had concluded with a finding that all policies and procedures had been followed appropriately.

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2015's Top 10 Products at TechSoup

Tech Soup

You've been waiting all fiscal year to find out what the top 10 TechSoup products are for 2015. Enterprise CALs add functionality that's not accessible with the Standard CAL only, including unified messaging, custom retention policies, and more. It's time! Are you on #TeamMicrosoft or #TeamSymantec? Intuit QuickBooks.

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To lead in DEI: Disrupting inequality requires disrupting culture  

Candid

Expanding the DEI lens: Equitable and inclusive structures In 2015, we focused on building a solid HR infrastructure, constantly evaluating our efforts in the context of DEI. An in-depth look at our policies and practices through a DEI lens highlighted opportunities for improvement and confirmed the need for a dedicated DEI program.

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Spotlight State: Delaware

GrantNews

At one point, it was the world’s largest chemical company , before mergers between 2015 and 2017. Also, grants to Delaware nonprofits and universities for scholarly research on public policy issues impacting personal/economic liberties of citizens. The DuPont Company was founded in 1802 and was initially a gunpowder mill.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Friday, July 10, 2015. Monday, July 13, 2015. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Friday, July 17, 2015. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Sunday, July 19, 2015.