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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 ... drummed up attention for the library issue with stories in the press, all while striving to serve as an example to students in Harlem...

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KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse

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09/28/2017

KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse A ... set by many private schools, including St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire and Choate Rosemary...

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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, ...

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Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District

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08/14/2013

... will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond. An unusual ... to expand the school system’s early-...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor ...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

Charter- School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at ... with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have ... expects to gather...

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After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors? ... that two students had been stabbed inside a Bronx high school on Wednesday, the parents of several students in the elementary...

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NY begins first statewide school-to-job project

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11/03/2013

IBM's Stanley Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school students. ALBANY, N.Y. — The first statewide program ... students with...

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After-School Enrollment Up, but Still Shy of Lofty de Blasio Goals

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01/16/2015

After- School Enrollment Up, but Still Shy of Lofty de Blasio Goals ... The de Blasio administration managed to boost enrollment in after- school programs for middle-schoolers this year — but...

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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

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09/26/2017

... than they would at big-box retailers — thanks to an in -house purchasing system set up by education officials. Every school must funnel its purchases through a city Department of ... or FAMIS. The massive...

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Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark

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09/19/2017

... when the price for attending some private K-12 schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year. Now, a few have crossed ...

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New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools

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09/21/2017

... students apply to underachieving schools near home, in part because their families often lack counseling that can ... them navigate a complex admissions process. The NYC High School Application Guide seeks to...

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Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... the many challenges and problems that the United States is facing, the conference reminded me how lucky we are in the ... of the conference was the release of a new WINGS report that offers a...

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Salesforce.org Continues Its Commitment to Public Schools

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04/09/2018

... Schools About a year ago, Salesforce opened a new hub in Indianapolis, which is slated to be the company’s largest base outside San ... of Salesforce employees in Indiana volunteer at the...

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

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09/18/2017

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools In the eve of her 92nd birthday, Lottie Raukx wasn’t going ... that the education department staff her neighborhood’s school...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning It ... The deal also came with some caution for the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday ... and Administrators...

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Lincoln Center Partnership To Train and Place Arts Teachers In NYC Schools

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07/07/2014

Lincoln Center Partnership To Train and Place Arts Teachers In NYC Schools An initiative supported by a $1.5 million ... placement of music, dance, theater and visual art teachers in up to 120 NYC public schools...

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Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

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08/15/2013

For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With ... (Target President of Community Relations Laysha...

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