Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.
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Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity
Release Date:
09/01/2016
The new report makes the case that greater purchasing power could go a long way toward alleviating hunger in the U.S.
Darren Walker: Using Privilege to Fight Privilege
Release Date:
08/31/2016
Walker’s reputation for hard work, bridge-building and empathy are among the many reasons his elevation three years ago to president of the Ford Foundation was greeted with universal applause.
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less
Release Date:
08/31/2016
American adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning.
Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The Society of Architectural Historians grants support authors of forthcoming books on Ottoman railways, colonialism, and the luxury goods market.
Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function.
Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity
Release Date:
08/26/2016
The plan is intended to guide New York City's primary care providers, as well as health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in the adoption of a delivery model that improves health care quality, improves patients’ experience of care, and...
Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Fred Boltz, managing director and member of the leadership team at The Rockefeller Foundation, advocates building the reality of floods, droughts, and coastal storms into design, planning and investment practice.
New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Salk Institute scientists, supported by grants from many organizations including The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor...
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