Angie Junck Elected to GCIR’s Board of Directors Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/29/2020 on 1/29/2020 Angie Junck, director of the Foundation’s Human Rights program, has been elected to the board of directors of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR).
A Collective Effort to Transform Early Educator Preparation and Compensation Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/28/2020 on 1/28/2020 The Early Educator Investment Collaborative (the Collaborative)—co-founded in 2018 by the Heising-Simons Foundation— has announced a new funding opportunity designed to address structural barriers to a well-prepared and appropriately compensated early childhood education (ECE) workforce.
Grants Approved in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/28/2020 on 1/28/2020 At the Heising-Simons Foundation, we are proud of the grants and partnerships we develop to advance the issues we care about, and we believe in being transparent about our grantmaking with our partners and the public.
Lifting Up Family Voices in California: New Online Resource Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/14/2020 on 1/14/2020 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program invests in opportunities that seek to break the link between demography and outcomes. One area of focus for this strategy is elevating family voices to improve public services for families of young children in California, and ensure children receive the early experiences that support their long-term learning and development.
Mitigating Bias in a Fellowship Evaluation Process: the Case Study of 51 Pegasi b Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/6/2019 on 12/6/2019 In 2017, we launched 51 Pegasi b, a postdoctoral fellowship program providing exceptional scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy. But despite the Foundation’s genuine commitment to advance women in the fields of physics and astronomy, we encountered serious diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges. Determined to do better, …
Cyndi Atherton Appointed to the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Academy of Sciences Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/22/2019 on 11/22/2019 Cyndi Atherton, the Foundation’s director of Science, has been appointed to the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
New Telescope Installed at McDonald Observatory, Texas Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/13/2019 on 11/13/2019 A new, 1-meter telescope—funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program—has been installed at the University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory. The telescope is part of the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global network of robotic telescopes, and the second of a pair located at the McDonald Observatory.
School Superintendents Pledge to Prioritize Attendance in the Early Grades Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/5/2019 on 11/5/2019 Getting children off to school in the morning can be tough. Challenges like unreliable transportation, housing insecurity, or recurring health issues for either children or parents are some of the major barriers that keep students away from the classroom. What is less known is that chronic absenteeism (missing two school days or more every month) …
2019 Home Visiting Yearbook Released Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 10/31/2019 on 10/31/2019 Grantee partner National Home Visiting Resource Center (NHVRC) has released the 2019 Home Visiting Yearbook, which presents the most comprehensive landscape of home visiting at the national and state levels.