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Getty Images, Race to the Top
Getty Images, Race to the Top, Current Affairs, 11/4/2009
Race to the Top was a multi-billion dollar grant created by the United States Department of Education in 2009. It was funded as part of President…
Tags: Education, Government, Legislation
White House, INSPIRE Women Act
White House, INSPIRE Women Act, Wikimedia Commons, 2/28/2017
The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…
Tags: Congress, Education, Legislation, Science, Women
Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act
Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Nevada State Education Association, Unknown
The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…
Tags: Act, Bill, Congress, Education, House of Representatives, Law, Legislation
Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, Pro Rhetoric, American Association of Universities (AAU), Mary Sue Coleman, A Call for Saving Public Higher Education
Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, Pro Rhetoric, American Association of Universities (AAU), Mary Sue Coleman, A Call for Saving Public Higher Education, UC Berkeley, September 27, 2016
Mary Sue Coleman, President of the Association of American Universities, delivered a compelling speech on September 27, 2016, at the Times Higher…
Tags: College, Education, Mary Sue Coleman, Public Education, Public Good, Research
Shealah Craighead, INSPIRE Women Act
Shealah Craighead, INSPIRE Women Act, White House, February 28 2017
The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…
Tags: Education, Law, Mentorship, NASA, Science, STEM, US Congress, Women
Dina Titus, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act
Dina Titus, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, US Congress, January 8 2019
The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…
Tags: Dina Titus, Education, Employee, Law, US Congress
Gulf News, Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi
Gulf News, Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, UAE, 2016
Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, or Sheikha Fatima, is the widow of the former Sheikh Zayed, the founder and first president of the United Arab Emirates.…
Tags: Arab World, Education, International, UAE, Women, Women's Rights
Friends of the Earth Workshop
Friends of the Earth Workshop
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth was founded…
Tags: Education, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Organization, San Francisco, Sustainability
Iowa Association of School Boards, Iowa Association of School Boards
Iowa Association of School Boards, Iowa Association of School Boards, Iowa Association of School Boards, 2017
Take the Oath of Office at the organizational meeting. Each new board member must qualify to serve by taking the oath of office. "I, (name), do…
Tags: Education, Iowa, Oath, School Boards
Ohio School Boards Association, Ohio School Boards Association
Ohio School Boards Association, Ohio School Boards Association, Ohio School Boards Association, None
Before beginning his or her duties, a member shall take the oath of office, which may be administered by the treasurer, any member of the board,…
Tags: Education, Oath, Ohio, School Board
Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Boards
Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Boards, 2006-08
This law requires that school board members, before taking their seats on the board, take an official oath that is in substantially the form presented…
Tags: Education, Illinois, Oath, School Board
UC Berkeley, Ian Francis Hancock, Advocate and Scholar for Romani
UC Berkeley, Ian Francis Hancock, Advocate and Scholar for Romani, UC Berkeley, 2011
From Wikipedia: Ian Francis Hancock is a linguist, Romani scholar and political advocate. He was born and raised in England and is one of the main…
Tags: Advocate, Education, Human Rights, Romani, Romani People, Scholar
US House of Representatives, Judy Chu
US House of Representatives, Judy Chu, US House of Representatives, Jan-14
From Wikipedia: Judy Chu is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district, serving in Congress since…
Tags: California, Chinese-American, Education, House of Representatives, Women
Joyce Eng. Co., James Benson Dudley
Joyce Eng. Co., James Benson Dudley, Library of Congress, July 19 1902
A newspaper sketch of James Benson Dudley, president of The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race.
When James Dudley was…
Tags: African-Americans, Agricultural and Mechnical College, Education, Engineering, James Benson Dudley, Jobs
Educational Alliance, Isidor Straus: Educational Alliance
Educational Alliance, Isidor Straus: Educational Alliance, Educational Alliance & The Straus Historical Society, Building photo - before 1906 Plaque photo - unknown
The Educational Alliance on 197 East Broadway in New York City was founded by a group of Jewish philanthropists including Isidor Straus. The building…
Tags: Community, Education, Educational Alliance, Isidor Straus, Jewish, NYC
Straus Historical Society, Sarah Lavanburg Straus: Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls
Straus Historical Society, Sarah Lavanburg Straus: Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls, Straus Historical Society, Circa 1889
In 1887, when Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) was minister to Constantinople, he and his wife Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861-1945) became friendly with…
Tags: Clara, Education, Immigration, Philanthropy, Sarah Lavanburg Straus, School, Working Girls
The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK), The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK) - Annual Awards 1998 -
The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK), The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK) - Annual Awards 1998 -, Library of Congress, None
The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) is an organization of federal agencies working together to achieve optimum use of the resources…
Tags: Agencies, Awards, Education, Federal Library & Information Network, FEDLINK, Libraries, Policy
Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress, Tuskegee Institute faculty with Andrew Carnegie
Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress, Tuskegee Institute faculty with Andrew Carnegie, Library of Congress, 1906
Photo of Andrew Carnegie, founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with members of the faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. “Andrew Carnegie…
Tags: Africa, Alabama, Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Corporation, Education, Nonprofits, Peace, Tuskegee Institute
The Stamford Historical Society, New England Primer Part One
The Stamford Historical Society, New England Primer Part One, The Stamford Historical Society, 1990
Pages from the most popular and used textbook of the 18th century, the New England Primer. Using illustrations, rhyme, and often biblical context,…
Tags: 18th Century, ABCs, American Revolution, Colonies, Education, Equal Opportunity, New England Primer
LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, LBJ Library, 11/4/1965
President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at a signing ceremony. He sits besides his childhood schoolteacher Ms.…
Tags: Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Equal Access, Equal Opportunities, LBJ, National Curriculum, Presidents, School Funding
Bain, William Albert Wirt
Bain, William Albert Wirt, Library of Congress, 1917
Growing up in a rural farm in Gary, Indiana, William Wirt believed that this upbringing was as elementary to education as many teachings, so when he…
Tags: Education, Indiana, Recreation, Schools, William Albert Wirt, Work-Study-Plan
Ohio House of Representatives, Benjmain W. Arnett
Ohio House of Representatives, Benjmain W. Arnett, Ohio House of Representatives, Circa 1886
A photograph of Benjamin W. Arnett, an African-American minister, elected official, and educator. Though Benjamin W. Arnett was born a free man, he…
Tags: African-American, Benjamin W. Arnett, Civil Rights, Education, Minister, Ohio
Library of Congress, Mary Emma Woolley, First Female Student to Attend Brown University
Library of Congress, Mary Emma Woolley, First Female Student to Attend Brown University, Library of Congress, c. 1903
Mary Emma Woolley in her graduating gap and gown, as first female student to attend Brown University and would later become the 11th President of…
Tags: Domestic Work System, Education, Mary Emma Woolley, Mount Holyoke, Women
Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype
Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype, Cowan's Auctions, Unknown
A black and white photograph of Francis Wayland, an American educator and president of Brown University. Francis Wayland had always advocated for…
Tags: Education, Francis Wayland, Library, Public Libraries, Slavery
David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers
David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps, 1972
The initial reactions to the Peace Corps proposal are convincing proof that we have, in this country, an immense reservoir of such men and…
Tags: AIDS, Community, Education, Health, JFK, Peace, Peace Corps, United States, Volunteerism
Lenox315, Phil Weinberg - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner
Lenox315, Phil Weinberg - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, Unknown, 2015
2012 SLOAN Public Service Award Winner: Phil Weinberg (Principal, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology, Department of Education) Phil…
Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn High School, Education, HSTAT, NY, Phil Weinberg
Library of Congress, Frances Willard, Women's Suffragist
Library of Congress, Frances Willard, Women's Suffragist, Library of Congress, Unknown
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 – 1898) was an American…
Tags: Consumer Protection, Education, Frances Willard, Unions, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage
Kaitlin Whalen, Booker T. Washington
Kaitlin Whalen, Booker T. Washington, William H. Johnson, 1944-1945
Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up,…
Tags: African-Americans, Booker T. Washington, Civil Rights, Education, Reformer, Tuskegee
Carl Van Vetchen - Photographer, Robert Berks - Sculptor, Memorial for Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Activist, Washington, D.C.
Carl Van Vetchen - Photographer, Robert Berks - Sculptor, Memorial for Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Activist, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, April 6 1949: Photograph, July 10, 1974: Sculpture
Memorial commemorating Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and activist who made significant contributions to the rights of African Americans. The…
Tags: African-Americans, Civil Rights, Education, Mary McLeod Bethune, Memorial, Women
Institute for Colored Youth, 1869 - Fanny Jackson Coppin, First African-American Female Principle
Institute for Colored Youth, 1869 - Fanny Jackson Coppin, First African-American Female Principle, Institute for Colored Youth, 1869
Portrait image of Fanny Jackson Coppin"Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, 1837 – January 21, 1913) was an African American educator...She served as the…
Tags: African-Americans, Education, Fancy Jackson Coppin, School Principal, Women
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), Health for Efficiency
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), Health for Efficiency, Library of Congress, 1936-1941
This poster, sponsored by the Adult Education Project of the Board of Education and WPA, is an advertisement for free courses on "health education."…
Tags: Education, FDR, Federal Arts Project, Health Education, Posters, WPA
Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project
Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project, Alaska department of Health and Social services, None
Various posters to provide education about AIDS
(i) A small boy standing on a stool with his hands on top of a very large blue book with
…
Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Campaign, Education, HIV, HIV Prevention, Public Health
Library of Congress, Cook County Public Health Unit
Library of Congress, Cook County Public Health Unit, Library of Congress, 1936-1941
This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. The posters…
Tags: Arts, Community, Cook County, Education, Programs, Public Health, WPA
Samuel D. Ehrhart, Peter Cooper's Generous Example
Samuel D. Ehrhart, Peter Cooper's Generous Example, Library of Congress, 1902
"If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." - Bob Hope Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883)…
Tags: Education, Locomotive, Peter Cooper, Philanthropy, Science, Steam
Gage Skidmore, David Koch, Cancer Research Foundation
Gage Skidmore, David Koch, Cancer Research Foundation, Gage Skidmore, August 21 2015
David Koch has earned his spot on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's top fifties list by putting his millions into medical research, the arts, and…
Tags: Cancer, Corporate, David Koch, Education, Philanthropy
University of Houston, John J. Moores, Activist and Philanthropist
University of Houston, John J. Moores, Activist and Philanthropist, University of Houston, 1991-1994
John Moores has helped his team hit balls out of the park, and has also done his own home runs when it comes to helping others. When he contributed…
Tags: Blindness, Education, John Moores, LGBT Rights, Philanthropy
Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist
Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 2 April 2010
When Margaret Sage inherited a fortune from her husband’s passing, her wealth went up along with many new buildings. She used her newfound fortune to…
Tags: Education, Margaret Sage, Philanthropy, Women
Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter
Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter, Library of Congress, 22 January 1913
You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the…
Tags: Education, Helen Gould Miller Shepard, Military Service, Philanthropy, War, Women
Milbank Memorial Fund, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Public Health Activist
Milbank Memorial Fund, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Public Health Activist, Milbank Memorial Fund, Before 1921
While Elizabeth Anderson was living in New York, she noted the deplorable conditions around the state and sought to improve them with her and her…
Tags: Education, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Mental Health, PTSD, Public Schools, Women
American Museum of Natural History, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Founder of Nonprofit Organizations
American Museum of Natural History, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Founder of Nonprofit Organizations, American Museum of Natural History, Unknown
A black and white photograph of Morris Ketchum Jesup, a banker, philanthropist, and president of the American Museum of Natural History.
Whether…
Tags: Education, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Natural History, Nonprofits
NYU Wagner, Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS)
NYU Wagner, Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS), NYU Wagner, None
The Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS) inspires, engages, and connects emerging public service leaders with a unique career…
Tags: Education, Fellowship, Public Service, Students
Bain News Service, Geo. F. Baker, U.S. Financier and Philanthropist
Bain News Service, Geo. F. Baker, U.S. Financier and Philanthropist, Library of Congress, Unknown
George Baker has had many buildings named after him, because he used his funds to donate to higher education for those around him. Harvard Business…
Tags: Education, George F. Baker, Philanthropy, Public Service
NASPAA (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration), Pi Alpha Alpha (NASPAA)
NASPAA (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration), Pi Alpha Alpha (NASPAA), NASPAA, None
The purpose of Pi Alpha Alpha (NASPAA) is to encourage and recognize outstanding scholarship and accomplishment in public affairs and administration.…
Tags: Awards, Education, Pi Alpha Alpha, Public Affairs, Scholarship
Townsend Harris High School, Oath Annually Recited by Townsend Harris High School Students
Townsend Harris High School, Oath Annually Recited by Townsend Harris High School Students, Townsend Harris High School , None
"Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good…
Tags: Education, High School, Oaths