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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is a coordinated system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in ... productivity losses every year. ThriveNYC is trying to tackle some of the stigma that...

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Health

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to...

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Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids

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09/11/2017

... Raids Increased efforts by federal immigration agents to deport undocumented immigrants have nonprofit officials ... up in a deportation raid. President Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in ... 10.3 percent in charters, miss that much time, according to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the ...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

... school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. Despite the Department of Education ’s addition of more seats and new buildings, many .....

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Nearly Two Dozen Teachers at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G

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09/25/2017

... at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G That's gotta hurt. Nearly two dozen teachers at ... Academy took pay cuts, some in the $50,000 range, after Education Department officials...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... the wealthiest and most educated have been in a position to benefit even more because they began with such a ...

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Economic Security

Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project

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10/03/2017

Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project The mission of Reeves-Reed Arboretum is to engage, educate, and enrich the lives of visitors to become...

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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

... The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced displacement of ... instance of direct financial support from the World Bank to Myanmar’s government. The World Bank...

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More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs

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10/13/2017

More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs It’s widely known ... have a high school diploma. But less attention is paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some education...

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Workforce Development

The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons ... Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces...

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

Tune into the webcast throughout the day to hear from speakers including former secretary of education John King , professor Melissa Harris-Perry , ... leaders from across the country. And share your commitment...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides Grant to Investigate and Conserve Art

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08/03/2018

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides Grant to Investigate and Conserve Art The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Center for the Scientific Studies in the Arts, a ... partnership with...

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28 Apr 2020

Overlooked and Underserved: Confronting the Reality of Student Homelessness during a Pandemic - A Webinar

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

... - experienced homelessness. That’s enough children to fill the Barclays Center six times over. Student ... as a student. With the City’s 1,800 schools shuttered to slow the spread of coronavirus, NYC’s...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Speaks with Kaywin Feldman on Leading the Nation's Museum in Uncertain Times

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05/19/2020

... calling, and in March 2019, Feldman became the first woman to lead the National Gallery. She arrived in Washington, ... community, and how in times of crisis, art allows us to “feel the power of our shared...

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08 Dec 2021

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... and out of work in 2020. These young adults continue to face barriers to achieving their educational and career goals. Many who ... With New York City Workforce Funders NYC Youth and Education...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

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09/06/2023

... Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early NEW YORK (September 6, 2023) – The ... of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the midst of an early education...

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