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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy ... It also gave special consideration to university programs that take into account policymaking...

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Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday

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10/16/2014

... centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. ... Last year on #GivingTuesday, online giving increased 90% for 3,800 nonprofits–more...

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

... they’re disciplined. But they also face unique obstacles that until recently have drawn little attention. We need to ...

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Gender Justice

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

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09/04/2015

... director of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, and Kris ... to pass a bill reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act that 's almost certain to...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education

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11/04/2015

... commission faces a double challenge: producing a report that not only doesn’t die on a shelf but also distinguishes ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

... grade, my son's friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for bringing a brick to class. Emmanuel had found the brick ... of children and youth have been excluded from school for disciplinary reasons...

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In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)

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01/15/2016

... NY) Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at ... World Records is currently tallying up the results for a final announcement. . . More than 30...

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

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01/19/2016

... by the whispers in the seats between panelists’ comments that attendees of The New York Community Trust’s 2015 ... Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation were eager for information to bring home to...

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy We ... every young person deserves a pathway to economic success. That ’s why we’re announcing a new $75 million...

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Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More

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01/25/2016

Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More Mayor Bill de Blasio is ... next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... Black and White The recent finding by The New York Times that black students are still vastly underrepresented at the ... workers give a similarly gloomy picture. The jobless rate for black Americans is...

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For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the ... work permits, and many went back into the profession that inspired them in the first place. “The last three years that I have...

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

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09/13/2017

... Launches The official opening is scheduled today for Cornell Tech's campus on New York City's Roosevelt ... sent universities scrambling to win a competition for a new city-incubated research campus...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) today announced that , since its launch earlier this year, 125 health ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team ... to convince New Yorkers to care about the natural resource that surrounds us: water,...

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Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

... evening, he turned on the evening news to discover that a student had fatally stabbed a classmate during history class ... in a Bronx school. A school social worker in New York City for 25...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... Issues The schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said Monday that , in response to last week’s fatal stabbing at a school ... Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on how to defuse...

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