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Education Funding for Foreign Languages Cut
01/18/2012
The Department of Education program that funded $27 million worth of foreign language education grants.. ...
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Lessons of Lobbying
01/09/2012
Dabbling in politics: Nonprofits....
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Nonprofits triumph over House Republicans in 2012 budget battle
01/03/2012
Nonprofits triumph over House Republicans in 2012 budget battle...
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Effort Aims to Tie Foreign Language Study to Common Standards
11/15/2011
Effort Aims to Tie Foreign Language Study to Common Standards...
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Digital Book-Sharing Unlocks Print for Students
11/03/2011
With Bookshare, students with disabilities get quicker access to traditional texts ...
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Recognized by The Hill: TSG bolsters causes that don’t fit the K street mold
10/17/2011
The Hill's list of the stars of Washington's "downtown" firms....
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Children at Inner Harbour Campus design dream playground with help from KaBOOM!
08/15/2011
Children from the Youth Villages Inner Harbour Campus just outside Atlanta put crayon to paper to draw their dream playgrounds......
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Jill Allen Murray Featured in National Journal
04/19/2011
Leaving Capitol Hill for the private sector usually means shifting to a less holistic view of society. Not so for Jill Allen Murray....
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Tom Sheridan Comments on Budget Battles to Chronicle of Philanthropy
04/19/2011
Tom Sheridan, a veteran lobbyist for nonprofit groups, says he hopes the budget battles will act as a sort of clarion call, prompting nonprofits to fight more aggressively against plans that disproportionately burden vulnerable people....
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Tom Sheridan Piece Featured in the Huffington Post
04/13/2011
Nonprofits Must Stand Up and Fight for Themselves, or Perish...
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Abigail Falik wants students to take a year off, doing good abroad
04/11/2011
As America's young adults find themselves in a new global economy and job market, her idea has come to fruition at exactly the right moment....
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Save The Social Innovation Fund
04/11/2011
Across issue areas like education, healthcare and youth development, SIF funds are making possible better outcomes at lower costs....
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Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program is Awarded $3.5 Million Social Innovation Fund Grant
04/11/2011
The Children’s Aid Society Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program has been awarded a $3.5 million Social Innovation Fund grant...
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Jill Allen Murray Featured in Politico
04/07/2011
Jill Allen Murray has joined the Sheridan Group as a senior policy and advocacy director....
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Education Week Features Blog Post on ACTFL Language Enrollment Data
04/06/2011
Chinese is in. Latin and French, it seems, are out. And Spanish is still, well, el jefe. (Translation: the boss or chief.) That's ...
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Susan Frost quoted in Education Week
03/29/2011
We are now into a very high-level political set of decisions by everyone, and that doesn’t necessarily result in the best decisions for children....
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Nonprofits, Eat Your Spinach
03/28/2011
Charities and service groups wield a big advantage in grassroots lobbying...
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Tom Sheridan and Harris Wofford nominated as Changemakers
03/15/2011
The Changemakers network is comprised of prominent leaders in social change from all sectors – politics, activism, nonprofits, academics, and entertainment – who are making a difference on the most important issues we face....
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What George Will Got Right About Teach for America—and What He Got Wrong
03/15/2011
The flawed way most federal grant programs are designed leave innovative organizations few options but to pursue them...
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Volunteer Groups Rally to Save Grants
03/15/2011
A coalition of volunteer service groups has banded together to fight House-approved budget cuts to the Corporation for National and Community Service...
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Will We Save Service in America? You Make the Call
03/10/2011
Make the Call to Save Service in America! ...
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Read about the Partnership between Global Citizen Year and the Nike Foundation
03/08/2011
Global Citizen Year joins a growing movement of individuals and organizations who understand that investing in girls is the most powerful – and lasting – way to reduce poverty across generations...
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Innovative Solutions: Zamzee
03/06/2011
Igniting a lifetime of movement in every kid...
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The Social Innovation Fund
03/06/2011
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) has created a new role for government as a catalyst for philanthropic partnerships that invest in proven solutions...
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Save Service:The Future of AmeriCorps
03/05/2011
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would completely eliminate AmeriCorps...
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FCHS English teacher encourages reading
03/03/2011
Read 180 is a program designed to help students not only learn how to read, but master the art of reading so they can succeed in other classes....
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Rein in Spending, Ramp Up Service
03/02/2011
If AmeriCorps were eliminated, 100,000 jobs would disappear over night...
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Tom Sheridan featured in The Hill – A Powerbroker for Those Without a Voice
03/02/2011
Before he took calls from Bono and counted Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) as a friend, Tom Sheridan was a New York social worker getting his feet wet in Washington with a tough decision to make....
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Big, Bold, and Fast: A little Peace Corps History on its 50th Anniversary
03/01/2011
In accepting the presidential nomination, John Kennedy promised “invention, innovation, imagination, decision.” ...
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House Passes Bill to Keep Gov’t Running, Scrap Reading Programs
03/01/2011
The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would keep the lights on at the U.S. Department of Education and other agencies for the next two weeks....
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Play Matters: A Study of Local Policy and Practice
02/25/2011
Seeking innovative ways to improve the accessibility, quality, and quantity of play and play spaces for children. ...
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Technology his launchpad for literacy, human rights
01/30/2011
Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman created Bookshare, the world's largest digital library that makes books available to the blind...
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National Imperative for Language Learning
01/25/2011
Then the Internet and rapid globalization introduced new challenges...
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Family Finance: A gap year need not break the bank
01/25/2011
When you've saved for years, an announcement that your child wants to take a year off before heading to college can be scary....
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More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
01/23/2011
NFTE works with middle- and high-school teachers to help them teach entrepreneurship...
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In International Volunteerism, Structure Pays
01/19/2011
More than 10 years ago, I struck out on my own to spend a semester living and working in Salvador, Brazil...
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2009 Pisa Data Released
12/15/2010
On December 7th, 2010 the results of the 2009 PISA were released by OECD ...
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Now Hiring: Legislative Intern
12/01/2010
The Sheridan Group is currently hiring for a part-time legislative intern to assist the legislative team on all levels of client management. TSG aims to provide the opportunity to learn and experience the political process firsthand by partaking in targeted and strategic advocacy and in turn influencing public policy on the national level. ...
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Active Learning Helps Students In EPISD
11/21/2010
It's an intensive reading intervention program for students who struggle with reading. The program is called Read 180....
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Catholic Charities: Burning Down Bureaucracy?
10/08/2010
CCUSA has drafted its own version of far-ranging reform of social service policy in the United States...
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A D.C. family works to reunify, in and out of court
09/10/2010
Danielle Pleasant knows this is her last shot....
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Wall Street Reform Passes
07/15/2010
Congress passed its Wall Street reform package, 60-39, with only three Republicans joining every Democrat (but one). ...
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Holliston’s French Immersion Program Nominated for National Award
06/10/2010
Holliston's French Immersion Program Nominated for National Award ...
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Allen Todd featured in Politico
06/10/2010
Sheridan Group taps Todd ...
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Proven Sex-Ed Programs Get A Boost From Obama
06/06/2010
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. is shifting gears on teen pregnancy prevention...
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Teach for the World
03/10/2010
A drumroll, please. In a moment, the winner of my 2010 “win-a-trip” contest....
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Outreach in the Age of Pullback
11/11/2009
A new government fund meant to help innovative, successful nonprofits expand their reach...
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Obama Lauds Non-Profits’ Inventive Spirit
06/30/2009
Challenged by President Barack Obama to invest in community solutions across the United States...
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Citizen Schools in Run to Pitch to Obama
01/07/2009
Citizen Schools has made it to the last round of voting in a campaign ...
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What About the Children?
10/14/2008
The first children's commission meeting is expected to focus on a broad variety of issues...
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Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders
03/21/2008
They call themselves social entrepreneurs, and you can find them in the neediest places on earth....
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ON DEADLINE: When Government Can’t Do It
12/10/2007
Government doesn’t have all the answers...
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Rewriting Uncle Sam’s Role
11/10/2007
Republican and Democratic presidential contenders are already arguing about whether Washington should expand or reduce its role in confronting domestic problems...
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The New Engines of Reform
02/12/2006
They're called "social entrepreneurs," ...one of the hottest movements to ripple across college campuses and into young urban communities...