MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will award a $100,000 prize to the designers of software that can reliably automate the grading of essays for state tests, Foundation education officials announced today. The software competition is intended to begin to solve the problem of the high cost and the slow turnaround resulting …
At an April 2011 Congressional hearing on creating Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for mercury and sulfur dioxide emissions at coal-fired power plants, some members of the committee hearing the new rule simply didn’t believe either pollutant was dangerous to health or needed regulation. For its part, the EPA had estimated the new standards would …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – A foundation’s grants aren’t the only way it helps solves social problems. As Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest explains in an essay accompanying the Foundation’s newly-released 2010 Annual Report, a host of less remarked upon activities can make the grant go even further. In his essay, “Beyond the Grant Dollars,” Brest …
MENLO PARK, Calif.— The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation today announced that Rakesh Rajani, an expert in international development, will be joining the Foundation’s board of directors. Rajani is the founder and head of Twaweza, an East African-based civil society initiative that works to promote change in Eastern Africa through citizen partnerships and governmental accountability. …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Philanthropy works best when there is a candid and respectful relationship between donor and recipient. To that end, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has expanded the ways those who receive its grants can express themselves to the Foundation. A new addition to the Foundation’s website gathers in one place several …
Thomas C. Schroeder, an attorney who is an expert on the laws governing foundations and charities, has been named associate general counsel for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Foundation officials announced today. Since 2006, Schroeder has worked as an associate attorney at the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, in Seattle, Washington, where …
Newspaper headlines from Kenya and Tanzania over the past year tell the story: “Alarm as East African Pupils Learn to Remain Illiterate,” says one. “Kenya Suffers Quality of Education Setback,” adds another. “Shocking Report on Literacy Levels in Schools,” offers a third. Paradoxically, for Sara Ruto, East African regional manager of Uwezo, an education reform …
Chloe O’Gara is a program officer in the Global Development and Population Program. She helps direct the Hewlett Foundation’s grants to improve the quality of education that children receive in the developing world. Before joining the Foundation, O’Gara served as the associate vice president for education and child development at the Washington, D.C., offices of …
Ruth Levine – Global Development and Population Program Director Ruth Levine, a development economist and expert in global health and education, has joined the Foundation as the director of its newly integrated Global Development and Population Program. Previously, Levine was a deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning at the U.S. …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Emiko Ono, a veteran California arts grantmaker and administrator, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Performing Arts Program, Foundation officials announced today. Ono comes to the Foundation from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, where she managed a portfolio of 350 grantees from all …