President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Liz Simons as Member of Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/12/2023 on 5/12/2023 Today, President Biden announced key appointments to several boards and commissions, including his intent to appoint Liz Simons, Chair of the Board of the Heising-Simons Foundation, to serve as a member of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Q&A with Grantee UnboundEd: Finding Common Ground for Effective Literacy Instruction in California Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/8/2023 on 5/8/2023 In California, twenty percent of students attending public schools are classified as English learners, a term that identifies students who speak a language other than English at home, and who are learning English in other settings. As the state with the largest English learner population in the country, discussions on how to deliver appropriate reading …
New Initiative Lifts Up Early Childhood Practitioners in California with $2 Million in Awards Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/8/2023 on 5/8/2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program is pleased to share that Practitioners’ Voice California (PVCA), housed at Tides Foundation, has granted nearly $2 million to community-based organizations across California to build up the leadership power of early childhood practitioners. PVCA is supported by a consortium of foundations, including Heising-Simons Foundation.
1400 Degrees: Exploring the Universe of Materials with Nadya Mason Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/2/2023 on 5/2/2023 “Condensed matter is the physics of stuff. We’re surrounded by wood, metal, and electronics that we take for granted. But we should be wondering more about materials. Why does a metal conduct electricity? Is it the little dudes running from one end to another?” Dr. Nadya Mason Dr. Nadya Mason, a condensed matter physicist who …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awarded Climate Registered™ Gold Status Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/25/2023 on 4/25/2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation has been awarded Climate Registered™ Gold Status by The Climate Registry, North America’s largest voluntary registry for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Earth Day 2023: Time to Finish the Job Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/20/2023 on 4/20/2023 The first Earth Day was celebrated in the United States 53 years ago, in 1970, during a seminal moment in our country’s environmental history. In a relatively short span of time, Congress took action to establish bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental Protection Act. We still rely upon these laws today to help protect the health of people and the planet.
Grantee EDvance College Receives College Accreditation Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/20/2023 on 4/20/2023 EDvance College, a grantee partner of the Foundation’s Education program, has received college accreditation from WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), a move that will allow early childhood educators to receive a bachelor’s degree while maintaining employment in the field.
The First Detection of Neutrinos at a Particle Collider Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/11/2023 on 4/11/2023 The FASER (Forward Search Experiment) collaboration, which searches for light and extremely weak interacting particles, has announced the discovery of neutrinos (subatomic particles) produced at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.