Nice piece by Sharon Noguchi in the San Jose Mercury News on the inroads being made by open educational resources: “We’re just at the initial stages of a revolution in education,” said Matt Chamberlain, principal of Venture School, an independent study school in the San Ramon Unified School District. Selecting and managing online material is challenging, “but to put resources …
SAN FRANCISCO and MENLO PARK, Calif.—The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of a $300,000 initiative to support the creation and production of new dances by California choreographers. The funds are directed toward innovative California choreographers who represent a wide spectrum of cultural and …
Later this morning, Education Program Officer TJ Bliss will be featured in a livestreamed event at the University of Northern British Columbia: Bliss will be sharing his perspective on the worldwide OER and open textbooks movements, participant perceptions of OER, and examples of effective application of OER in higher education. The University of Northern British Columbia …
MENLO PARK, Calif.—The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Vidya Krishnamurthy will join the Foundation as director of communications. Krishnamurthy comes to the Hewlett Foundation after nearly a decade with the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., most recently as its communications director. During that time, she helped the center significantly expand its …
MENLO PARK, Calif.—The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley today announced the establishment of three major new academic initiatives focused on laying the foundations for smart, sustainable public policy to deal with the growing cyber threats faced by governments, businesses, and individuals. …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Eli Sugarman will join the Foundation as program officer for the Cyber Initiative. Sugarman comes to the Hewlett Foundation with considerable experience in both the private and public sectors. In the realm of technology and cybersecurity policy, he served as a trainer …
MENLO PARK, Calif.—Can human-centered design help African teens avoid unplanned pregnancies? In our latest story, Program Officer Margot Fahnestock talks about an innovative partnership between two grantees—the nonprofit reproductive healthcare provider Marie Stopes International and IDEO.org, a pioneer in human-centered design—working together to help teenagers in Zambia access reproductive health services. Read the story here.
MENLO PARK, Calif.—The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, the president of Mills College in Oakland, California, will be joining the Foundation’s Board of Directors. DeCoudreaux has served since 2011 as the president of Mills, an independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for women and men. Under …
MENLO PARK, Calif.– The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation today announced it has committed $5 million in grant funding to help contain the West African outbreak of the Ebola virus. The Hewlett Foundation has for years funded efforts to help improve reproductive health and the quality of education in West Africa, but it has not …
MENLO PARK, Calif.— The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, a Stanford University law professor and nominee to the California Supreme Court, will be joining the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Known as “Tino,” Cuéllar is the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, and the director of the University’s …