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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education ’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, ... nearly fifty years for black males in the United States to graduate at the same rate as their white male peers. ...

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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

... social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home countries. On Thursday, May 23, Ford Foundation ... the world at the Ford Foundation...

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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

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08/07/2013

The $19.78 million grant from Atlantic to the Irish state agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems. Atlantic...

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11 Jun 2012

Summer in the City: NYC Summer Quest...and More!

Monday, June 11, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... preventing “summer learning loss” is a crucial tool to reduce both the achievement gap, to which it substantially contributes, and the drop-out rate. ... that brought together researchers, the NYC Department...

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$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

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03/05/2014

Goldman Sachs and the World Bank will partner to raise $600 million in support of female entrepreneurs in ... and the World Bank will unveil an initiative Wednesday to raise $600-million in capital for 100,000...

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Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color

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07/23/2014

Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color The William T. ... in capacity building grants to support connections between education...

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NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools

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05/21/2015

... for quality and these applications didn’t measure up,” Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins said Wednesday. “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

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10/05/2015

New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City The New York Community ... Trust, the City’s community foundation, announces grants to improve the environment, arts, education...

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Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director

Bob Hughes

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02/18/2016

... students of color. Bob is a respected problem-solver in education who understands the needs of students and teachers. ... who keeps data and analytics at the very core of his work to improve opportunity for...

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The ZAC Foundation Teams Up with the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama to Teach Water Safety

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04/13/2016

... Teams Up with the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama to Teach Water Safety The Boys and Girls Clubs of South ... up with the ZAC Foundation, a water safety advocacy and education foundation, and other...

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Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

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04/21/2016

... Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he ... “ahistorical nature” of conversations today about how to integrate schools. Speaking at a...

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Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People

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08/01/2016

Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children ... is designed for...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Helps 104 Graduate from NJ SEEDS Scholars and Young Scholars Program

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08/12/2016

... Scholars Program New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit providing education access to high-achieving, low-income students, celebrated the ... placed in a selective school with enough financial aid to...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard

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09/01/2016

... on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would ... be decided with input from teachers themselves according to the needs of students in...

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With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections

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10/11/2016

... in the country’s electoral process. It was held to deliberate on ways to ensure that this year’s general election was organized ... the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

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10/12/2016

... grant program provides funding and educational resources to developers of affordable housing who are pursuing LEED for ... certification. The projects selected are committed to creating affordable and...

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

... Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’s schools are among the ... Advocate Letitia James called for the city Department of Education to...

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The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season

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11/03/2016

... academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and ... inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in...

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Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

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11/22/2016

... Silos and Saving Lives Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest ... It focuses on strengthening the building blocks of education , income stability and...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

... Having unexpectedly found itself handing off the baton to a Republican administration in January, the U.S. Department of Education is racing to finish a slate of Obama administration...

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