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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

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03/05/2013

The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Open Society Foundations.

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Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

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02/06/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater

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01/29/2013

The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.

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Public Policy

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation

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As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

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12/19/2012

In this post reprinted from the blog of the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Edward W. Hazen Foundation President and Philanthropy New York Board member Lori Bezahler reports from the first-ever Congressional public hearing on ending the...

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Community Development

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Philanthropy New York

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group, in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a recent briefing to bring greater clarity to New York City’s efforts to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, 52 percent of black males, 58 percent of Latino males, and 78 percent of white males graduate from high school in four years

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/22/2012

George E. Thibault, M.D., President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, talks about the importance of interprofessional education—when students from different health care professions learn together during their training in order to build teamwork and...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

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06/04/2012

Cassius O. Johnson, an education policy analyst, will join the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Program Officer working on the foundation’s New Designs for K-16 Pathways program. Johnson is an experienced education reformer, whose tenure at...

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