NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools
Release Date:
06/20/2014
NYC is poised to dramatically expand restorative justice programs aimed at improving school climate and rethinking school discipline next year.
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Boards as an Accountability Mechanism
Publication date:
06/2014
... to improving them, including regulation, self-regulation, policy -oriented strategies, and management-oriented ...
MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program
Release Date:
10/27/2014
... infrastructure. “There is a consensus within policy and financial community that targeted subsidies and ...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC
Release Date:
10/30/2014
... jobs in New York City and offers data-driven steps city policy makers, community colleges, training providers and ...
Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills
Release Date:
11/21/2014
... older adults, where the gaps in performance are, and how policy reforms can make a difference.... ...
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Who Will Benefit from the President's Immigration Reforms? - Webinar
Thursday, December 18, 2014 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a new policy that could allow nearly five million undocumented ... among other provisions. Given the scope and scale of this policy directive, Grantmakers Concerned...
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, ...
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 ...
Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation
Release Date:
08/17/2015
Stancell was most previously a program officer for the foundation.
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.