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Walton Family Foundation

Type: Organization

Name: Walton Family Foundation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Bad year for farmers? Not if you count bloated crop insurance program

Z By the Editorial Board stltoday.com38 minutes ago • By the Editorial BoardWhen farmers or farm advocates talk about 2012 being a bad year, they’re only telling part of the story.For a business at the mercy of the weather, it’s been a bad several years ... [Published STLtoday.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Bruce Babcock, Drought, Rick Tolman, Walton Family Foundation, National Corn Growers Association

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

TCOG Board discusses forming foundation

The Texoma Council of Governments Board gave its staff an approving nod Thursday to continue work on the creation of the Texoma Regional Foundation.Having an associated nonprofit foundation, said TCOG Government Services Director Randy McBroom, will allow ... [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - May 19 2013]

Entities: Texas Department of Housing, Walton Family Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Where to go for...

Arkansas: History, Art, & FunFind out what Arkansas has to offer as a destination. Quite a bit as it turns out. You’ll tour the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum as well as dine and tour at Marlsgate Plantation, famed as one of the most ... [Published Evansville Courier - May 18 2013]

Entities: Lifestyle, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Sam Walton

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc

The Jones Center opens new fitness center, expanded programming

The Jones Center announces the opening of a new expanded fitness center in Springdale. A formal grand opening is set for Thursday (May 23) at 11 a.m.The new fitness center was made possible through a number of major supporters including The Walton Family ... [Published The City Wire - May 17 2013]

Entities: Fitness, Jones Group Inc, Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc, Walton Family Foundation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Northwood Middle’s Freeman completes principal program

Here is Dr. Kirk Freeman, left, with the Arkansas Leadership Academy School Support Capacity Builder Jerry Vaughn. Freeman, principal of Northwood Middle School in North Little Rock, has completed the final phase of the Master Principal Institute. The ... [Published Pulaskinews.net - May 16 2013]

Entities: Northwood Middle School, Leadership, Phase I

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Following the money in public education

Gabriel Campanario/The Seattle TimesA major study of public education philanthropy found that education reforms have been accompanied over the last decade by a shift in financial support from private foundations. The biggest example is the shift of philanthropic ... [Published Seattle Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Olin (United States)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Will school reform industry leaders bite the invisible hand that feeds them?

Low wage workers are sometimes parents: As Mother’s Day approached, Charlene Fletcher, mother of two, found herself occupied with the needs of other families, attending to the crush of shoppers last week at the Walmart in Duarte, Calif., where she ... [Published Balloon Juice - May 14 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Michelle Rhee, Workers, Working Poor Families Project

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Library To Get New Roof

The roof of the Rogers Public Library, with its peaks and valleys, has been a problem for many years. Aldermen are scheduled Tuesday to consider a contract to repair the deteriorating roof.At A Glance (w/logo)City CouncilRogers' City Council at 6:30 p.m. ... [Published North West Arkansas Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Walton Family Foundation, Razorback, Phase II, Federal Aviation Administration

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

A Helmet For Each Head

Penn Wilder, left, of Bell Sports helps Sophia Rodriguez, 11, fit into her bicycle helmet Wednesday at Ardis Ann Middle School in Bentonville. Bell Sports, in a partnership with Safe Kids Worldwide and Mercy Health System, donated 650 helmets to students ... [Published North West Arkansas Times - May 09 2013]

Entities: Bell Sports Corp, Walton Family Foundation, Ardis Co Ltd, Donations

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Critics: Charters cheated out of funds

Rachel BayePublic charter schools do not get the same amount of funds as their traditional public school counterparts, which severely affects their ability to acquire buildings and pay competitive wages, charter school leaders told members of the D.C. ... [Published Washington Examiner - May 03 2013]

Entities: Robert Cane, Scott Pearson, Walton Family Foundation

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Late Night: Winding Up The Week

Girl’s Giant Ball of Yarn by Douglas Muth Lots of things happening here — some of them are reasonably clear: – Over at NSFW, Yasha Levine has a piece on how the archconservative Walton Family Foundation is not only bankrolling the effort to privatize ... [Published Firedoglake - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: GE Capital Corp, Golden Handcuffs, Walton Family Foundation, Cell System

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Water project brings rainwater harvesting system to country club

SIERRCovering a price tag of about $0,000, provided through the Walton Family Foundation, the water project aims to divert an estimated ,000 gallons of water that is being pumped out of the aquifer each year, to water landscaping around the clubhouse ... [Published Sierra Vista Herald - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Walton Family Foundation, Aquifer

Quotes

...unanimous court, found that the language in the Charter Act giving the State Board of Education the power to review charter applications on appeal "does not infringe unconstitutionally on a local (school) board's control of instruction" and ordered DPS to "negotiate in good faith" with school proponents

Colorado's charter schools: Their history and their future [Published Denver Post - May 19 2013]

Somehow, given all the support thrown at this charter campus (as the website tells us, from "Ernst & Young LLP, Mayor Brown LLP, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Renaissance Schools Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, Walton Family Foundation, and many more" ), I'd think those big dogs would be expecting a little more, to say nothing of CPS. Or taxpayers

I admit it, it's not just a public school-vs.-charter school problem in CPS [Published Chicago Now - May 09 2013]

...Good standards should be in place," said Ms. Ritz, who is particularly concerned about the quality of the common math standards. "There's a dialogue in the education community here about the standards themselves. That dialogue did not get to happen in 2010."

Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S. [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]

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Editorial: Bad year for farmers? Not if you cou... [Published STLtoday.com - May 21 2013]
Colorado's charter schools: Their history and t... [Published Denver Post - May 19 2013]
TCOG Board discusses forming foundation [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - May 19 2013]
Where to go for... [Published Evansville Courier - May 18 2013]
The Jones Center opens new fitness center, expa... [Published The City Wire - May 17 2013]
Northwood Middle’s Freeman completes principal ... [Published Pulaskinews.net - May 16 2013]
Following the money in public education [Published Seattle Times - May 15 2013]
Lewis to Lead Chicago Union Protests as School ... [Published EducationNews.org - May 14 2013]
Will school reform industry leaders bite the in... [Published Balloon Juice - May 14 2013]
Library To Get New Roof [Published North West Arkansas Times - May 11 2013]
Magna Charter [Published Philanthropy Round Table - May 11 2013]
Three Alaska entities awarded innovation grants [Published Cordova Times - May 10 2013]
Wastewater Brings New Life [Published National Geographic - May 09 2013]
I admit it, it's not just a public school-vs.-... [Published Chicago Now - May 09 2013]
A Helmet For Each Head [Published North West Arkansas Times - May 09 2013]
Paradise Lost [Published Environmental Working Group - May 09 2013]
Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S. [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]
Linbeck Group, LLC Wins 12th Build America Award [Published Prlog - May 07 2013]
Education digest: Student elected to Montgomery... [Published Washington Post - May 05 2013]
Jacksonville Lighthouse School building new $8.... [Published Pulaskinews.net - May 03 2013]
Critics: Charters cheated out of funds [Published Washington Examiner - May 03 2013]
NFWF announces 2013 grants [Published World Fishing - May 02 2013]
In the News: Construction halts on UNO high school [Published Catalyst Chicago - May 01 2013]
Believe in the Aspen Community School [Published The Aspen Business Journal - May 01 2013]
Education leaders: Time to invest in human capi... [Published Florida Times-Union - Apr 30 2013]
Walmart heirs 'invest' $8 million in StudentsFi... [Published Daily Kos - Apr 30 2013]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Announces... [Published TickerTech.com - Apr 30 2013]
Walton Family Foundation Invests $8 Million in ... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 30 2013]
Walton foundation gives $8 million to StudentsF... [Published Los Angeles Times - Apr 30 2013]
7. Building A Sustainable Coastal Community on ... [Published Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Apr 30 2013]

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Will school reform industry leaders bite the in... [Published Balloon Juice - May 14 2013] Low wage workers are sometimes parents: As Mother’s Day approached, Charlene Fletcher, mother of two, found herself occupied with the needs of other families, attending to the crush of shoppers last week at the Walmart in Duarte, Calif., where she ...
Walmart heirs 'invest' $8 million in StudentsFi... [Published Daily Kos - Apr 30 2013] StudentsFirst has been having a rough week, what with the bad publicity around their choice of one of the authors of Tennessee's "Don't Say Gay" bill as "reformer of the year." The organization repudiated the bill in response, but didn't disown the ...
Late Night: Winding Up The Week [Published Firedoglake - Apr 27 2013] Girl’s Giant Ball of Yarn by Douglas Muth Lots of things happening here — some of them are reasonably clear: – Over at NSFW, Yasha Levine has a piece on how the archconservative Walton Family Foundation is not only bankrolling the effort to privatize ...
Taxpayer Dollars at Work: D.C. School Edition [Published The Corner on National Review Online - Apr 23 2013] A recent report released by the Walton Family Foundation shows that charter schools in Washington, D.C., received $16,361 per student in FY 2011, compared with $29,145 spent per student at traditional public schools. Those amounts include federal, ...
Walmart’s Waltons' Foundation Biggest Donor to ... [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - Apr 08 2013] This is an excerpt from “Public Schools, Private Agenda: Parent Revolution,” by Gary Cohn of Frying Pan News . At first glance, it is one of the nation’s hottest new education-reform movements, a seemingly populist crusade to empower poor parents ...

Press Releases

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Walton Family Foundation Invests $8 Million in ... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 30 2013]
Walton Family Foundation Announces Education Re... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Mar 27 2013]
Walton Family Foundation Invests $432 Million i... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Jan 29 2013]
Walton Family Foundation Surpasses $300 Million... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - Jan 08 2013]