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Evelyn J. Blanck Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

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01/11/2016

The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is pleased to announce that Evelyn J. Blanck has joined the Board of Directors.

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

Curbing school bullying has been a focal point for educators, administrators, policymakers and parents, but the answer may not lie within rules set by adults, according to new research led by Princeton University.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Pinkerton Promotes Laurie Dien to Vice President-Programs

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12/17/2015

Laurie Dien has been appointed Vice President in charge of programs for The Pinkerton Foundation, President Rick Smith announced today.

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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

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12/16/2015

Lisa Cowan, Programming Consultant to PNY's Education Working Group reports on school leaders' discussion about kids who start high school way behind.

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

In an awkward exchange in Wednesday’s potentially game-changing Supreme Court arguments on affirmative action, Justice Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go to “a slower-track school where they do well”...

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...

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Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.

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Arts

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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Make Room for Makerspaces

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12/08/2015

Leigh Ross, Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in NYCT says these community-oriented workspaces are proliferating, and funders are taking notice.

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