Last week, Epoch Times and Fox News Digital reached out about our grantee, Bangor High School’s use of Centering Joy: Celebrating LGBTQIA + Youth and their Allies open Rapid Response grant.
Today, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gisele C. Shorter as Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s next President and CEO.
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education released the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund in 2021 so that every school district could safely reopen their doors for young people.
Today, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Debra Humphreys, Vice President of Strategic Engagement at the Lumina Foundation, to the Board of Directors.
A big congratulations to Ellen Wang, Julita Bailey-Vasco, Kathiana Amazan, and Marcos Lucio Popovich on their promotions.
Three large “We Say Gay” billboards have been erected across the state as part of a youth-led awareness project out of RiverzEdge Arts.
The New York Times bestseller ‘How to be an Antiracist’ by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism.
Through decades of academic and professional achievements, memories of being penalized for speaking Spanish at school have stayed with Delia Arellano-Weddleton of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
The projects—which had high levels of participation and benefited from the support of a developmental evaluator—demonstrated that NICs are a viable approach to instructional improvement.
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Makeeba McCreary, president of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF) and Dr. Prudence Carter, the Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University to the Board of Directors. As board members, Dr. McCreary’s and Dr. Carter’s expertise and scholarship in social justice and education will support the Foundation as it continues on its racial equity journey in public education.