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New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time

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06/21/2017

... Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time The New York Life ... The grants mark the first awards made under the Foundation' s new $1.95M "Aim High...

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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital ... announced a three-year partnership to expand Markle’ s Skillful initiative , a data-driven...

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Workforce Development

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the ... intervention training, but a report last summer from the U...

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Do You Promote or Impede Real Change?

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08/21/2017

... This piece originally appeared on Medium and is reposted with permission from the author. Since 2010, the Black ... the campaign architects are making a concerted effort to ensure this celebration goes global...

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As Harvey Hammers Texas, Oddo Says Lessons Of Sandy Are Ignored

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08/29/2017

... Of Sandy Are Ignored As Texas mobilizes in response to the unprecedented floods of Hurricane Harvey, Staten ... "As horrifying as the images are coming out of Texas, it' s more heartbreaking ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... Sufferers Ditch Opioids Each year, more than 300 patients with chronic pain take part in a three-week program at the ... from specific problems such as intractable lower-back pain to systemic issues such as...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

... happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth is criticized. The New America ... more than $21 million from Google; its parent company’ s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt...

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Collective Impact Without Borders

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08/29/2017

... impact—a structured, cross-sector approach to solving complex social problems—in 2011, we have deepened our understanding of what it takes to effectively implement collaborative processes between different...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say ABC News has ... According to the two administration officials, here’ s the policy to be announced later today: The...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a “summer slide” — the learning...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... Hampshire, and of the Skowhegan School, in Maine. There’ s the Rome Prize fellowship, at the city’ s American ... Academy, and Donald Judd’ s Chinati Foundation, in Marfa. To...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York ... Federation of Teachers (UFT) union provide their members with any parental leave benefits, Kings County Politics has ... role a...

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How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

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09/18/2017

How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India As of 2017, 1.3 billion ... to health services, and sufficient lighting that enables learning and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

Williamson Foundation’ s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership This ... School, as a form of reflective practice. Marc Manashil, with Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant, created a variety of ... by the B...

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders Childcare ... for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In 2015, the Economic Policy Institute, a ... said...

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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

... Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students Traveling south about an hour from ... to a Fab Lab — a highly technical maker space packed with the latest...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday

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10/17/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday Brooklyn Community ... its #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday campaign, which aims to...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

... in nine states were English language learners, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.The programs ... on Oct. 25 as part of the Department of Education’ s Speaker Series. English language...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found ... it is one largely filled with organizations struggling to create sustainable...

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