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NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams

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06/17/2014

NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams Schools Chancellor ... Carmen Fariña plans to preserve the hallmarks of New York City’s gifted programs, the immensely...

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

... in a three-year, collaboration to increase the number of indigenous Americans obtaining advanced degrees in ... Arizona, Montana University System, and Purdue. The new national network, the Sloan Indigenous...

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Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community

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06/26/2014

... play a critical role for the LGBT community in all aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more. The LGBT Technology ...

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Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation

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07/07/2014

Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation Laura Packer has been named executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, effective July 22. She ... Before joining the Dodge staff in 2001,...

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

... $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve ... by collaborating across campuses. The 10 members of the Pennsylvania Consortium for the...

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge may be vogue ... Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay encouraging other industrialists...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation ... for the city's schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation's grant: a significant...

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... R. Bloomberg has decided to reassume the leadership of his business empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York. For years, Mr. Bloomberg had insisted that he...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

... plans to announce Tuesday that it has recruited new federal agencies and a number of universities, foundations and businesses to help pursue the goals of the Brain Initiative, which the...

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... sites set to get markers that will designate them as part of the South Bronx Culture Trail. Ten sites have been ... organizers said. Money for the project comes from the New York Community Trust, which was...

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Carnegie and MasterCard Foundation Headline African Higher Education Summit

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10/06/2014

... leaders, experts and organisations – and friends of the continent – to revitalise interest in the sector and ... is a call to action. The summit will mark the beginning of a new agenda for...

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

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10/19/2014

... protests. But as such things go, last month’s march in New York City, which attracted some 400,000 people to promote ... which required real physical and moral courage, or issues of fierce contention like war...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... Texas with his single mother and three sisters. But even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE, "I had a thirst for what was ... Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the 5-year-old in a new educational...

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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

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11/20/2014

... reform on the political agenda. Julia Preston of the New York Times recently published a piece on the role ... money in the fight for immigration reform. Here's a look at four of...

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Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

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12/05/2014

... go to underserved public schools, those with large numbers of students who receive free or reduced lunch. The grants, ... for professional development for teachers or to leverage new technologies — like 3D...

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Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

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12/16/2014

... to Address Worldwide Women's Issues Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg teamed up to highlight the power of information in...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... Today, Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the launch of the Brooklyn Accelerator, a unique component of its new community impact strategy designed to be a hub of ...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post "When I transitioned into education at the New York City Department of Education, the first thing that .....

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NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

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03/12/2015

... the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program The ninth cycle of the New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards program kicks off today. Applications are available now at http://...

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