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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... years of work with school districts and from research on education leadership funded by The Wallace Foundation. The ... units, including more than 25 activities, are intended for use by instructors and...

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Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91

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08/27/2014

... Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91 Philanthropist and civic leader ... in 2012. Under her leadership the foundation provided funding to many of...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.

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Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

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07/25/2016

... All About Child Care in New York City Early childhood education has been getting tons of attention lately, but what about support for kids a little bit younger? Very few funders support child...

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

... little was known about how much support principals in the United States receive to be effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to...

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New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design

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03/03/2017

... Museum of Arts and Design presents Jes Fan: No Clearance in Niche, running from March 2 through April 30. This marks ... York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its Education Department in...

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NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming

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09/07/2017

... Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming Berklee, a music education program, is taking over a legendary New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding . The recording...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects. You wouldn’t necessarily expect elementary school students to map out areas in their community with high concentrations of...

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Science

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05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

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1:00pm to 3:00pm

... in a way that can reach the students with the most need for these interventions. This session will help funders ... a workforce, data sharing, choosing the right setting), funding streams,...

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The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility

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08/26/2022

The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility ... published by the Gotham Gazette on August 26, 2022. In this week’s late August primary, the second primary this ... grantees garnered 79...

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19 Nov 2019

Equity, Access and Degree Completion: The Promise of Collective Impact in NYC

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9:00am to 11:00am

... and 17% of Latinx adults obtain a Bachelor’s degree or higher compared to 49% of their white counterparts. ... gap. Join us to learn more about #DegreesNYC’s Blueprint for Collective Action on Postsecondary...

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Dr. Christopher Howard Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/10/2020

... Dr. Howard is the President of Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air ... as both a helicopter pilot and an intelligence officer for the Joint Special Operations...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Melissa Daar Carvajal Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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01/21/2021

... Director New York, NY – The Schott Foundation for Public Education is pleased to announce that Melissa Daar Carvajal ... H. Jackson. “Communications plays such a critical role in elevating...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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01 Mar 2012

Using Time to Transform Schools: Opportunities, Challenges, and How Foundations Can Make a Difference

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1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... some of New York City's successes, identify opportunities for replication and scaling up, and examine the challenges of ... are the challenges in translating these opportunities into higher...

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Wallace Foundation Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

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02/17/2021

... teacher hiring and development as well as the conditions for sound learning. Evidence links four domains of ... that “it is difficult to envision an investment in K-12 education with a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

... the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty Michael R. Bloomberg, the United ... governments and philanthropies that may be interested in supporting the UNFCCC at this critical...

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To Be Brave and Radical in Arts Philanthropy

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02/20/2019

... from Yancey Consulting that outlines what it would take for New York’s African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native ... our colleagues in philanthropy to join us to address the funding inequities...

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John Ruskay, Ph.D., to Step Down in June 2014 as Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York

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05/01/2013

... represent the best of areyvut — responsibility for an entire community and people — and UJA-Federation has ... of New York has grown as the largest Jewish philanthropy in the world. UJA-Federation's...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Judy Belk Appointed President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation

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03/12/2014

... support underserved communities makes her a strong match for The California Wellness Foundation.” A seasoned leader ... founding, TCWF has played a historic role in courageously funding...

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