... of ninth grade, my son's friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for bringing a brick to class. Emmanuel had found ... are not soft, and Emmanuel's display of irony got a laugh from his classmates...
... month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, collected data from 54 Latino parents about mental health from six focus groups and more than 200 surveys. Researchers ... The groups surveyed included undocumented...
Almost 70% of homeless New Yorkers are children and their families. Homelessness ... of their being homeless as adults. For example, New York City’s homeless children struggle to get to school ... . ($150 fee)...
... Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation in support of efforts designed to ... Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation in...
... $15 million to help cover expenses until it opens a year from now. He is charging the lowest possible interest rate ... expenses until the institution opens at ground zero a year from now. Bloomberg Gives Sept...
... Over the past two decades, the Internet has evolved from an obscure Defense Department project to a global ... good. The group, which includes several heavy hitters from the foundation world including the Ford...
... American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and ... through Linked Open Data (or LOD), SAAM received a grant from the Andrew M. Mellon...
... experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers. Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow ... of teacher by subject matter—will be decided with input from teachers themselves...
... civic, business, and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn chose the 20 finalists from a highly competitive pool of 150 applicants... Brooklyn ...
... of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award' Today 10 librarians from across the country were honored with this year's I Love ... and lifelong learning. The librarians were selected from nearly 1,100...
... Court ruling that would bar mandatory “union dues” from government workers’ paychecks to support union ... dollars. The 187,000-member UFT collects $56 twice monthly from each teacher’s paycheck via automatic...
... it Till You Try It By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design ... experiments. Easy, right? Not quite. We learned in our last training that negotiating...
... Consultant to the Education Working Group, Philanthropy New York Even as graduation rates have risen over the last ... “Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to...
... Act of 2013, the most comprehensive reform of New York’s nonprofit laws in decades. The new requirements, most of which take effect July 1, 2014, will require virtually all New York...