NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning
Release Date:
01/12/2015
... the increasing focus on qualities like grit will distract policy makers from problems with schools. In a 2014 paper, ...
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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College
Release Date:
01/29/2015
... schools to provide students with a broad overview of food policy , social justice, environment, health, science and ...
Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License
Release Date:
02/04/2015
... announced today that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote ...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism
Release Date:
03/06/2015
... by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm. The yearlong randomized control trial ...
HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America
Release Date:
05/05/2015
... involving taxes, gun rights, religious liberty and foreign policy , Americans may well be overlooking an even bigger ...
Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population
Release Date:
06/01/2015
... tobacco use epidemic. To inform tobacco use research and policy formulation, the CDC Foundation along with the U.S. ...
John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes
Release Date:
06/12/2015
... prevention services to more older adults by advancing policy changes such as Medicare reimbursement for diabetes ...
Boosting Adult Education in New York
Release Date:
07/16/2015
... State policymakers have made k-12 education reform a top policy priority and invested significant resources in ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping
Release Date:
09/15/2015
The joint Public-Private Partnership on Peacebuilding will provide grants of up to $1 million to one to three consortia to conduct projects involving a U.S., a Norwegian, and at least one Southern/emerging power partner.
Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... are paid by the federal government. Sam Adler-Bell, a policy associate for The Century Foundation, who focuses on ...
Carnegie Corporation Awards $39.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/02/2015
... over two years to the Century Foundation in support of its policy outreach efforts and to engage in dialogue regarding ...
Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... leaders are set to head out the door. The National Policy Board for Educational Administration unanimously ...
Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want
Release Date:
12/01/2015
Terry Fulmer of the John A. Hartford Foundation writes about the desires of elders to avoid dependence on others and institutionalization.
Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in Health Board
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... of Health and Human Services, where he served as principal policy advisor to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Grantmakers ...
Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
01/13/2016
... Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, are published online ahead of print in ...
Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... organisations, says the report by the independent Global Policy Forum, which monitors the work of UN bodies and global ...
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy . With Commonwealth Fund support, researchers Karandeep ...
Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... and unparalleled networks in the field of Asian arts, policy and education. "Six decades ago, John D. .....
Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... high price of college is the subject of media headlines, policy debates, and dinner table conversations because of its ...
Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance
Release Date:
03/17/2016
... The report, Doing More for Our Children , models ten policy scenarios, and reveals: A universal child allowance ...