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Spending on education is never a gamble. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 91 of the top 100 highest paying jobs in the United States require a post-secondary or college degree. To attract those high-paying jobs to Austin, we’ve got to have a prepared workforce, which means helping more students get their...
Nothing re-charges the brain like art. This week my son is in the Creative Action Spring Break Camp, and he’s so pumped he’s like a new child. Creative Action is loading him up with music, theater, film-making and collaboration. Every day he comes home so much more talkative and curious about the world. My...
See what’s happening in Austin philanthropy, hear from local leaders and be a better philanthropist now. INSIDE THE NEW ISSUE: How to volunteer with kids Online giving reality check Charles Barnett and Austin leaders now Understanding affordable housing The key to a great fundraising event Nominate a 2012 New Philanthropist And a lot more...
In case you missed it, here’s the email sent to Austin Independent School District Partners from Dr. Maria Carstarphen’s office as a follow-up to her State of the District event on November 30. Dear AISD Partners, Thank you for joining me at the third annual AISD State of the District Address-both in person and online!...
Austin, Texas (June 1, 2011) – The Austin Children’s Museum, with the support of Silicon Labs as the Presenting Sponsor hosted its annual fundraiser, “Imaginarium,” May 14 at the historic Browning Hangar at Mueller. It was an intimate setting with a big event feel. The weather was perfect to be outdoors. I saw a...
I’m a mom, as most of you know. That’s my number-one job in this world: Mom. After that comes wife, daughter, sister, aunt…. you get the picture, my family is important to me. After family comes this job, which brings me as much joy and frustration as my primary job (see above). Part of...
College tuition varies—from $7,000 per year at a public, four-year college to $27,000 per year at a private four-year college—but no matter what type of college you choose, that amount adds up quickly. For many Austin students, it’s completely unaffordable. Imagine working hard enough to be accepted for college only to realize you can’t...
Okay, an amendment to a previous post… Backstory: In March, I wrote a post about Southwest Key’s efforts to improve the educational opportunities and help strengthen the community for the people living where Southwest Key lives, Central East Austin around the former Johnston High School, now Eastside Memorial High School. In that post, I...
Is it possible that after three years of immersing myself in the Central Texas nonprofit community – as part of our mission to bring more Central Texans into philanthropy – that I am still completely clueless about how the system actually works. And I don’t mean I don’t understand a process, I mean I...
When I first heard about Feria Para Aprender, I was shocked. How is it that I don’t know about an education fair in Austin attended by 15,000 Spanish-speaking Austinites in its three years? Am I the only one in Austin who didn’t know about this? Apparently it was brought to Austin Partners in Education...
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