Education News Update - September 8, 2020
New research suggests COVID-related learning loss will affect younger students differently.
New research suggests COVID-related learning loss will affect younger students differently.
The Browns delivered a social justice message prior to practice at FirstEnergy Stadium, including a focus on expanding the work of the Cleveland Browns Foundation by improving resource equity and closing the digital divide.
Ideastream partnered with All-Star Plain Dealer alums to report on the effects of COVID-19; the project is funded by Third Federal Foundation and University Settlement.
Funding for safe, affordable child care must be a priority for lawmakers, according to Moira Weir, president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Chara Fisher Jackson, executive director and CEO of Cincinnati Preschool Promise and Mark Lawson, president and CEO of Cincinnati-Hamilton County United Action Agency.
As a philanthropic funder, our organization is in a unique position to be a leader in influencing the dynamics that combat structural racism. Given this position of influence, I believe we have a heightened responsibility to weave deeper understanding of racial equity and social justice into the breadth of our work.
RFP released for Ohio remote learning fund Ohio schools may apply for grants from the Ohio Collaborative for Educating Remotely and Transforming Schools. The deadline for submitting proposals is midnight on September 4, 2020, with awards announced by September 30, as explained in the RFP.
The success – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care.
The Scioto Foundation funded grant applications from eight local community nonprofit organizations totaling $96K for the second quarter of 2020.
This broader awakening of privileged people to see and want to change the ugly and relentless reality of institutionalized racism—that extinguishes hope, breaks spirits, limits potential, and steals futures—has been a long time in coming. And it must not fade from view.
The way non-Black people can help is first, to listen. As Dave Chappelle recently quipped, “…the streets are talking…” and we would all do well to listen.