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NMEF Today Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Mary Sylvia Harrison and Delia Arellano-Weddleton Join the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
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
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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MCAS Can Evolve for a New Era
Nellie Mae Education Foundation President and CEO, Nicholas C. Donohue, recently authored a piece in Commonwealth Magazine entitled "MCAS Can Evolve for a New Era." In the column, Mr. Donohue responds to New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang's call for a dual diploma system in Massachusetts by making the case for an evolved system that takes into account all of the ways students learn.
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The Nellie Mae Education Foundation asks an important question about time and learning:

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