Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up
Release Date:
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.
Education
Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case
Release Date:
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”...
New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work
Release Date:
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...
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
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.
Make Room for Makerspaces
Release Date:
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.
New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education
Release Date:
12/07/2015
Well-targeted grants make a huge difference. It’s even more effective when a foundation like the New York Community Trust pools the gifts of generous neighbors, then joins other funders and government agencies to bring about change.
Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Sarah Geisenheimer, of the Rockefeller Foundation, will replace Iris Chen, executive director of the NYC Department of Education’s private fundraising arm, who resigned earlier this week.
Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction
Release Date:
12/02/2015
A select group of city teachers are being honored Wednesday with the annual Sloan Awards for Teaching Science and Mathematics.
Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For Educational Leaders
Release Date:
11/30/2015
The Council of Chief State School Officers has released the long-awaited set of professional standards for educational leaders.
Revson and Niarchos Foundations Open Nominations for Library Awards
Release Date:
11/19/2015
Nominations open for third Annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards, honoring city’s exceptional Public Libraries. Library-loving New Yorkers can nominate their local branch to win $20,000 Prize.
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