PEOPLE
- Millicent Williams is leaving D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation to lead DC’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. “Over the next few weeks, the [CYITC] Board of Directors will announce its plan for the transition of leadership.”
- Mike Curtin: Expanding the kitchen (WBJ, 10/23) – CEO of D.C. Central Kitchen
- Sergey Brin aids charity that aided him (NYTimes, 10/24) – Google co-founder.
EDUCATION | Gates Foundation taking unprecedented steps to influence education policy (AP, 10/25)
GIVING
- Charities forecast a 9 percent drop in giving this year (NPR Marketplace, 10/26)
- In recession, the philanthropist next door balks (AP, 10/23) – This article meanders all over the place, but I thought you should know it’s out there.
RACE | Teleconference, Wednesday, 10/28: “Race and its Impact on Social Justice Philanthropy” (RosettaThurman.com)
DC SCHOOLS
- WaPo: “D.C. officials must get beyond partisan interests to focus on education.” “Ms. Rhee needs to correct misconceptions about her actions and, we hope, clear the air.”
- Major changes at two troubled schools (WaPo, 10/26) “At their insistence, Rhee installed classroom walls at Dunbar, whose open-space design was considered insane by everyone.” Surprised it survived the editor, but I love that sentence.
- Rhee elaborates on firings (WaPo, 10/26)
- Council demands answers on failed database (WaTimes, 10/24)
GRANTS | WG member “Fight For Children recently awarded grants to 16 organizations that deliver high quality services that expand access to quality education options, improve student achievement, and address the critical link between good health and a quality education.”
17 days until the BIG meeting!
-Nick
