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MISSING IN ACTION
From Stanford Social Innovation Review:

Do you find it astounding that charities remained silent when Congress added $70 billion to the deficit last week by extending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, further starving government programs? Even if that doesn't get to you, you've still got to wonder why all but a few nonprofit organizations and foundations (in spite of the activism of groups such as OMB Watch and United for a Fair Economy) say nothing as the Senate approaches a vote that will decrease charitable donations by up to $25 billion a year. That’s equivalent to stopping all annual grantmaking by the 110 largest US foundations... (read the entire post and its comments).

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College Summit Receives 1.5M grant from Skoll Foundation



While applying to Yale, J.B. Schramm noticed that many of his friends from less-advantaged backgrounds were not going on to college. He knew that students who are the first to attend college in their families are twice as likely to have children who also attend college, so he founded College Summit in 1993 to help students from low-income communities navigate the college application process. College Summit has achieved a college enrollment rate of 70 percent and a college retention rate of 80 percent. The cost per student has dropped, while the number of students served annually has risen from 925 in 2002 to 3,600 in 2004. The organization plans to serve 28,000 students over the next three years.

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Principal Sandra Farmer of Williford Elementary
(6 MB video of Williford successes)

State Superintendent Dr. June Atkinson

Pictures are posted for the NC Education Awards Dinner & Black Star Kickoff at: www.eliminatethegap.org.