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When President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its controversial predecessor the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), each state was given more power and tasked with producing its own framework for...

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Issue-Based

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Livestream

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Education

12 Oct 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Fall Program: Performance Review and Self Advocacy

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:30am

This program comes right before many of the Network’s members go through their annual performance review.

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Professional Development

Network Building

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Panel

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Executive Support Staff

05 Oct 2017

Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education

Thursday, October 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The social policy goals of our time are as big as they are important. Achieving them requires both robust research about what interventions work, for whom, and under what circumstances, and a collaborative approach where different stakeholders have...

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04 Oct 2017

Big Hunger with author Andy Fisher

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Chronic hunger and food insecurity trends across the U.S. have not changed, despite the rise of charity.

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15 Sep 2017

Funders Guide to Climate Week NYC - On Topics Like The Rise of Subnationals and Beyond

Friday, September 15, 2017 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

This September 18-24 marks the 9th Annual Climate Week NYC, a time when leaders from around the globe gather in support of the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This summit coincides wth the UN General Assembly, and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

Science

14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, Queens. Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the...

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Children, Youth and Families

13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Federal and state workforce funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

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Public Policy

Workforce Development

03 Aug 2017

VR For The Real World: New Tools To Make The World Better

Thursday, August 3, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

From 360 videos to gaming platforms, virtual reality developers are finding themselves more and more at the nexus of empathy and advocacy. Their goal? To create immersive experiences that create positive social change. Some experiences are more...