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The Nellie Mae Education Foundation Announces its New Senior Team                                
Posted On: 9/4/2008

The Foundation's new staff will be integral in helping to stimulate tranformative change in public education.
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Margarita Muñiz and Janet Phlegar Elected to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation Board of Directors                                
Posted On: 7/29/2008

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest philanthropy in New England devoted exclusively to education, has elected two new members to its Board of Directors: Margarita Muñiz, Principal of the Rafael Hernandez School in Boston, MA and Janet Phlegar, Director of the Learning Innovations Program at WestEd’s Woburn, MA and Williston, VT locations.
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Mary Sylvia Harrison and Delia Arellano-Weddleton Join the Nellie Mae Education Foundation                                
Posted On: 7/8/2008

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest philanthropy in New England devoted exclusively to education, has hired Mary Sylvia Harrison as Vice President of Programs and Delia Arellano-Weddleton as a Program Officer.
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New Research on Maine: Inadequate Funding Prevents Meeting Demand for Afterschool, Summer Programs                                
Posted On: 6/26/2008

A new Nellie Mae Education Foundation-funded study released in Portland, Maine reveals that while the vast majority of principals in the state agree that afterschool and summer programs are a necessity, funding is inadequate to meet the need for these programs across the state.
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