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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... at Boys and Girls Clubs The study explores the efforts of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a federation of more than 4,000 clubhouses ... Three years later, researchers found that...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... in its school accountability system. That raises...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly technical maker space ... locate 10 labs where they can serve a diverse population of school-age children, rural...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... diversity and carbon footprint reduction are all examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that can result in ... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of ... white. “We use the social determinants...

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The Center for Court Innovation

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’s a...

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced the recipients of its 24th annual Painters & Sculptors Grants on Tuesday. ... made eligible to apply for the Joan Mitchell residency in New Orleans. This year’s 25...

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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

... Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction ... founder and president of a local think tank, Center for a New Economy, and...

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Disaster Relief

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... A1C (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person's mean blood glucose levels over the past three ... beyond HbA1C, and to refine deﬁnitions of outcomes such as hypoglycemia...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to ... well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the...

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“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

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12/20/2017

... Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) today announced the launch of its Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge (The ... said Jeffery Hayward, Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae. “We are excited...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... for students to learn and to address community issues such as air pollution, water & soil quality, and combatting ... valid field studies. They will also monitor two new organic landscapes that were...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the creation of 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

... Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools New study by The Commonwealth Fund highlights Medicaid ... health. It is widely recognized that social...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility To bridge the various gaps in our world of work today, and to find ways to work even smarter...

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies The Ford ... The group is known for spending creatively to find new ways to solve problems: Typically,...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed As racism and hate continue to dominate the national ... an opportunity to learn and thrive. By providing this new framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities...

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Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

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03/22/2018

... will be Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. He will succeed ... education, with a strong emphasis on the teaching role of faculty members,...

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

... Partners Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first ... stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new policy, announced Thursday,...

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