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Best practices’ for college and university boards outlined in new guidelines from Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College
Article · March 29, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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AKRON– The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced on Wednesday the launch of a $1.25 million initial investment in Simon Perkins Middle School in Akron. The initiative, called Perkins Activities Central, will provide Perkins students with positive activities during out-of-school time: after school, weekends, and summer vacation. In a 2002 Knight Foundation survey […]
Article · March 23, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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Only 21 of 65 Men’s Teams Would Meet Panel’s Graduation Standard
Article · March 18, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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Lillian Swanson, a senior editor who developed professional development programs at The Philadelphia Inquirer, has been named project manager for NewsTrain, Associated Press Managing Editors Association announced today. NewsTrain is a three-year project to develop 45 state and regional workshops that will offer top quality training to thousands of the nation’s frontline editors. The project […]
Article · March 12, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI – Michael Maidenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher with the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald for 21 years until his December 2003 retirement, will become vice president and chief program officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation April 19. Maidenberg’s appointment by President and CEO Hodding Carter III was approved by the Knight […]
Article · March 9, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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1,800 Children, Their Families, 165 Teachers in North and West Philadelphia to be Served
Article · February 25, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI, Feb. 5, 2004 – After 13 years at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Vice President and Chief Program Officer Penelope McPhee is leaving to take a position as the president of an Atlanta-based foundation that funds programs in Georgia, South Carolina, Montana and Arizona. McPhee will assume her new post at […]
Article · February 5, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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WEST PALM BEACH, Feb. 3, 2004 – The Center for Creative Education in West Palm Beach will expand its arts-based education programming for middle school youth from low-income families, using $385,000 in new grant funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. After-school classes at six sites in Riviera Beach and northwest West […]
Article · February 3, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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LEXINGTON, Feb. 23, 2004 – Nearly $500,000 awarded to eight local organizations marks the beginning of a five-year, multimillion-dollar effort designed to narrow the achievement gap between children from low-income families and their more affluent peers in the classroom. Guided by recommendations from a 10-member community advisory committee of local education, nonprofit and business leaders, […]
Article · February 3, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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Knight Foundation Invests $1.3 Million in Broward Programs
Article · February 3, 2004 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2004 – A series of new investments in Overtown will help area residents train for better-paying jobs and prepare for home ownership, as well as provide after-school youth activities and other resources for low-income families in Miami’s historic African-American community. Trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently approved […]
Article · February 3, 2004 by Knight Foundation