Grantee Civil Rights Corps Wins Court Challenge for Low Income People in Tennessee Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 8/2/2018 on 8/2/2018 A federal judge has struck down Tennessee’s policy of suspending driver’s licenses of people who cannot afford to pay court costs or traffic fines, the first such ruling of its kind in the United States and a significant step toward decriminalizing people for being poor.
Supporting Immigrants Affected by Domestic Zero-Tolerance Policy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/16/2018 on 7/16/2018 America is a nation enriched by immigrants, many of whom traveled a difficult path to come to the United States. Many were forced to leave friends and family members behind. Such separations are tragic. The trauma they inflict scar those affected as well as the generations that follow. Usually, such rending is the product of war or upheaval somewhere else in the world. But today, separations are the product of U.S. government policy.
New Grant to DREME Network to Advance Early Childhood Math Education Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/5/2018 on 7/5/2018 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program is pleased to announce a $5.75 million grant to Development and Research in Early Math Education, also known as the DREME Network. This brings the Foundation’s total investment in the DREME Network to more than $14 million since its launch in 2014.
Foundation Sponsors Student Scientists to Spend Summer at Mass Media Outlets Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/31/2018 on 5/31/2018 The AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program pairs student scientists with senior editors at media organizations across the United States to communicate scientific ideas to a broad audience. The competitive fellowship kicks off in June with a three-day orientation and training session, followed by the fellows spending 10 weeks working at their respective mass media hosts. At the end of summer, the fellows convene again in Washington, D.C., to share their successes and participate in professional development workshops focused on science communications.
A New Form of Matter? PROSPECT-ing for Sterile Neutrinos Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/23/2018 on 5/23/2018 The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) has completed the installation of a novel detector that will probe the possible existence of a new form of matter.
Equal Justice Initiative’s New Memorial Featured on “60 Minutes” Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/8/2018 on 5/8/2018 On April 26, 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) will open the United States’ first memorial dedicated to the thousands of African-Americans lynched over a seven-decade period following the Civil War, and a new museum dedicated to slavery and its legacy today. EJI is supported by the Foundation’s Human Rights program.
2017 Grantmaking At A Glance: An Interactive Infographic Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/3/2018 on 5/3/2018 The Heising-Simons Foundation continues to grow. In 2017, the Foundation awarded more than $75 million across its programs in education, science, climate and clean energy, human rights, and local and emerging opportunities. To learn more about the Foundation’s grantmaking totals for 2017, as well as grants per program, we invite you to explore our Year At A Glance interactive infographic page. Once you’re on that page, you’ll also be able to access data from 2016 and 2015.
Promoting Family Math to Help Close the Achievement Gap Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/2/2018 on 5/2/2018 Earlier this week, education news site The 74 featured an opinion piece co-authored by Kimberly Brenneman, program officer for the Foundation’s Education program. The piece outlines the importance and potential upside of empowering families and communities to fulfill their critical role in the math education of our youngest learners.
Axion Dark Matter Experiment Announces Breakthrough Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/30/2018 on 4/30/2018 Last month, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) announced that it has achieved the necessary sensitivity to sense dark matter axions – theoretically predicted particles that might constitute the missing matter in the universe. The breakthrough, detailed in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review Letters, makes ADMX the only experiment ever built to attain such precision.