A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue
Release Date:
10/17/2013
On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do with universal pre-kindergarten or charter schools.
Education
Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap
Release Date:
10/15/2013
The Education Funders Research Initiative’s recent Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New York City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog.
Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor
Release Date:
10/15/2013
Century Foundation Policy Associate Halley Potter reports from our Education Funders Research Initiative launch and shares three proposals from the event that she found particularly compelling.
Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reports from the Education Funders Research Initiative launch event at Trinity Wall Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog.
Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reviews the Education Funders Research Initiative’s first two reports for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. (PNY President Ronna Brown is also interviewed in the article.)
Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts
Release Date:
10/02/2013
Part of the foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the...
September 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
09/25/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program
Release Date:
09/20/2013
The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University of Florida will each receive $1.5 million to provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology and other...
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Release Date:
09/18/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
Diverse Strategies for Funding Education
Release Date:
09/18/2013
Whether your organization is involved in funding education or not, we hope you will come out and join your colleagues to support a project that is a 'best practice' model for the philanthropic community.
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