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Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches

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09/13/2017

... graduate students, entrepreneurs and business leaders in a setting to advance research and business start-ups. In other words, the campus can be seen as a monument to a ... also represents significant power...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union ... district Nancy Tong first made public the issue last week in calling for paid maternity...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain ... Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy ... empire as a springboard back into...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... not a single state’s plan to comply with the federal education law—and its broader vision for judging school performance—calls for inclusion of such measures in its school accountability system. That raises...

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NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools

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10/13/2017

... 5 New Charter Schools New York City’s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not find space for ... proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be...

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Improving Effectiveness in an Age of Uncertainty

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In this age of austerity, it is more important than ever to ... and communication at the Berks County Community Foundation , will discuss the changes the foundation made and the challenges it...

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Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... recording here . On virtually every street corner in the city sits a nail salon, a burgeoning industry that ... Patricia Eng, Vice President, New York Women’s Foundation Aleyamma Mathew, Director, Women’s...

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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 ... Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first...

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NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools

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05/21/2015

... for quality and these applications didn’t measure up,” Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins said ... “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on how to...

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Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

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11/22/2016

... Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country. It focuses on strengthening the building blocks of education , income stability and health. She spoke with ...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

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11/30/2016

... to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning. The librarians were selected ... the public detailing how their favorite librarians working in public, school, college, community...

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Arabella Advisors Publishes Report on Women's Mental Health

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05/02/2017

... issues, from women’s rights to health care to education . Funders who care about women, about health, and ...

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5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets

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08/30/2017

... Care Act stalled, tentative bipartisan initiatives are in the works to stabilize the fragile individual insurance ... serves roughly 17 million Americans. The Senate Health, Education , Labor and Pensions...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

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09/15/2017

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to ... their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on ... drummed up attention for the library...

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Opinion: Who Gets to Define Campus Rape?

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09/18/2017

... of perpetrating it? That is the core question raised by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision this month to ... on how universities handle sexual misconduct complaints. In a strongly worded speech, Ms...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education ...

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Following Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race

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10/10/2017

... Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race In May 2013, when Bill de Blasio was trying to make a name ... whom he cast as the embodiment of the same Bloomberg-era education...

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