Americans were stunned when fifteen-year-olds from Shanghai, China, led the world while U.S. students lagged far behind in the results of a respected international exam released in December. How did American students do? They trailed Poland in math and science. It was the first time mainland Chinese students had taken the Programme for International Student …
“Foundations” is an occasional series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and others affiliated with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Christopher Shearer is an officer with the Foundation’s Education Program, which makes grants to improve K-12 and higher education. Along with its work on improving …
Every teacher knows how hard it can be to engage students. And teaching deeper learning—to encourage skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and effective communication—is still a new approach. Expeditionary Learning is leading the way with an innovative model for inspiring students and transforming classrooms through high-level project work. With a recent grant from the …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Ruth Levine, a development economist and expert in international development, global health, and education, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as the director of its newly integrated Global Development and Population Program on May 31. Levine is currently a deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau of Policy, Planning and …
Menlo Park, CA and Grand Rapids, MI – Many private foundations conduct communications training programs for their grantees. The goal is to help organizations learn how to create and implement effective communications strategies that make the most of foundations’ grantmaking. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been conducting such programs for several years, but …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Fay Twersky, an expert on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, will join the Foundation as a Senior Fellow beginning in October of 2011. Twersky will work with President Paul Brest and the Foundation’s program teams to refine and consolidate the Foundation’s efforts …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Sara Davis has joined the Foundation as Director of Grants Administration. Davis comes to the Foundation from the Adobe Foundation, where she was Senior Foundation Manager, responsible for grants management, operations, and Adobe’s global grants program. She has a background in finance, …
Bison herd, Broken Kettle Grasslands, Loess Hills, Iowa. Conservation easements are an effective protection for areas like this one along the Missouri River that face strip mining or overdevelopment. Photo courtesy of Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy. It was a much repeated theme in last November’s midterm elections: the public wanted government to spend less, not …
“Foundations” is an occasional series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and others affiliated with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Michael Scott is an officer with the Foundation’s Environment Program, which makes grants to conserve the North American West and to tackle the problems of …
The Hewlett Foundation uses the expertise of its program officers and a range of outside experts and consultants to guide its grantmaking strategies. The work of the Environment Program is typical. For a detailed look at its five-year plan to conserve lands in the West, please click here, where you can download the plan in …