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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’ s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative ... people in 17 countries participated in the Inventor’ s Challenge , a contest that asks kids ...

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

... showing the state-by-state impact of the revised bill from 2020 to 2026. It indicated that Alaska would receive 3 ...

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... even the most basic life skills,” write the report’ s authors, Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers, both economists at ... without the skills for calculating the correct change from a transaction, reading a doctor...

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Black And Hispanic Students In New York City Most Likely To Be Arrested And Handcuffed, Data Shows

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09/27/2017

... 805 were issued summonses during that period, which spans from July 2016 to June 2017, the analysis of police ...

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

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09/28/2017

... at a lack of metal detectors there and demanded action from Mayor Bill de Blasio. “At the end of the day, de ...

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

... residents, according to a new report released Wednesday from the New York City Department of Health and Mental ... and health-care opportunities than other of the city’ s roughly 8.5 million residents, Latinos...

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United Hospital Fund Report on CHIP Finds Sharp Increase in NYS Enrollment

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09/29/2017

... Hospital Fund just issued a HealthWatch brief on CHIP’ s impact on New York State that may be helpful in your ... of the issue—it reports that enrollment in the state’ s Child Health Plus program, primarily...

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Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

... Peter Lopez will take over this weekend as the U. S . Environmental Protection Agency' s top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean. The .....

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... People love living near the coast. Only two of the world' s top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo Paulo — ... and Buenos Aires — are. Around half of the world' s 7.5 billion people live within...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast James Kee, a 7-year-old from San Francisco, has found something even better than TV. ... for kids “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’ s listened to every episode three times...

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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

... of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 people from 42 countries in a four-day nationwide operation ...

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Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report

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10/10/2017

... conditions afflicting populations around the world,” from respiratory diseases to a range of cancers and ... the Executive Director of GAFF, calls the report’ s conclusions “staggering” and “difficult to...

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Six Useful Tips For Nonprofits To Keep Marketing Automation Personal

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10/13/2017

... make its way to nonprofit organizations across the U. S . While much can be said about using marketing automation to ... that personal touch that is so important to a nonprofit’ s membership base. From...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday

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10/17/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match ... year, the #BrooklynGives campaign raised nearly $275,000 from more than 900 donors and businesses. Brooklynites are...

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Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

... of the Interboro Community Land Trust (CLT), NYC’ s first citywide CLT. Its primary focus will be creating ... housing on that land to homeowners or developers. A CLT’ s board of directors typically consists...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... insulin pump for insulin infusion. But researchers from the University of North Carolina and NC State have now ... beta cells" (ABCs) mimic the functions of the body' s natural glucose-controllers,...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service

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11/28/2017

... research relevant to their own careers. Funding comes from Mellon, a prominent higher ed funder and one of the most ...

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‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism

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12/08/2017

... said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown' s Mellon Lecture Series last week. The Mellon Lecture Series, ... spring semester, is made possible by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon...

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