News

Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.

Media

Jan 11, 2024

Are Community Schools The Key To Dropout Prevention And Workforce Skills?

Forbes highlights Communities in Schools and details how one of its offices is focusing on expanding workforce development opportunities for students,

Media

Jan 8, 2024

New Virginia Program Funds Ed-Tech Tools for Grades 3-8

Government Technology reports on Virginia's adoption of ed tech tools, such as Zearn, to address learning loss in the wake of COVID-19.

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Jan 8, 2024

What’s on the Menu at Blue Meridian? More Place-Based, Multisector Partnerships

Inside Philanthropy details Blue Meridian's recent investments in place-based, multisector partnerships across the US.

Media

Jan 5, 2024

Rural Capacity Building: New Funding Gives This Appalachia-Based Ed Nonprofit Room to Grow

Inside Philanthropy highlights Partners for Rural Impact's work powering rural place-based partnerships.

Media

Dec 8, 2023

Some Californians released from prison will receive $2,400 under new state re-entry program

The Associated Press reports on how the Center for Employment Opportunities is expanding its work in California to provide financial and other support to individuals returning home from prison.

Updates

Dec 7, 2023

The Potential and Power of Place

Through Blue Meridian and local and regional funders, place-based partnerships in Spartanburg, SC, and Dallas and San Antonio, TX, have raised nearly $335 million to advance their plans for change.

Voices

Dec 7, 2023

Place Matters: Learning from the Past, Envisioning the Future

Managing Director and Portfolio Lead Cecilia Gutierrez shares the personal motivations that have shaped her career trajectory and details how her experience driving regional change in Miami has informed her work with the Place Matters portfolio.

Media

Dec 5, 2023

Spartanburg, South Carolina, organization launches 7-year plan to advance students forward

A South Carolina-based news outlet spotlights Movement 2030, a partnership spearheaded by Spartanburg Academic Movement that is focused on boosting educational and long-term economic mobility outcomes for children in Spartanburg County.

Media

Dec 5, 2023

The 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy

Inside Philanthropy names Blue Meridian Partners CEO, Nancy Roob, as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in US Philanthropy.

Media

Dec 5, 2023

Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries

In an article on US math performance relative to other developed countries, The New York Times quotes Shalinee Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Zearn.