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April 30, 2013Significant increase in support to fuel expanded presence and increase in membership
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June 25, 2013Walton Family Foundation investment will support more than 1,000 corps member placements over next two years
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July 31, 2013BENTONVILLE, Ark, July 31, 2013 -- The Walton Family Foundation announced today that it is investing $20 million over two years in the national nonprofit Teach For America. This investment will support the recruitment, training and professional development of nearly 4,000 first- and second-year teachers in nine communities, three of which -- Detroit, Indianapolis and Memphis -- the foundation will be supporting for the first time. The foundation, the largest private supporter of Teach For America, has now invested more than $95 million in the organization since 1993
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September 17, 2013Foundation selects NYC Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg
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October 24, 2013Foundation selects four individuals whose work will empower families with high-quality, publicly funded educational options
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December 17, 2013Bipartisan support fuels private school choice expansion; former Republican Governor and Democratic U.S. Senator validate efforts
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February 5, 2014Largest private funder of charter school startups supports the opening of roughly one in four charter schools in the nation since 1997.
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April 26, 2014Today’s profile of the Walton Family Foundation on the front page of The New York Times draws much-needed attention to our country’s most pressing issue: improving educational opportunity for the families and children who need it most.
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June 10, 2014The California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles issued an historic decision in Vergara v. California, striking down five harmful provisions of the California Education Code as unconstitutional. According to the Court, the laws in question - laws that govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs - impose substantial harm on California's students by forcing administrators to push passionate, inspiring teachers out of the school system and keep grossly ineffective teachers in front of students year after year.
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November 14, 2014Walton Family Foundation To Invest $1.2M to Expand Parent and Community Resources in New Orleans