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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ... to gather teams, dream up ideas, and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve...

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Technology

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Prudential Seeks New York's Top Youth Volunteers of 2016

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09/09/2015

... November 3, students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards if they have made ... within the past 12 months. The application is available at http://spirit.prudential.com...

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Children, Youth and Families

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American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs

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10/05/2015

... American Express and the National Association of Secondary School Principals today announced the five winners of the ... toward long-term sustainability. The grants are awarded at a time of heightened...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

The Century Foundation Report on For -Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times When the Obama ... to erase the federal loan debt of some former students at Corinthian Colleges, a for -profit ...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

... students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process. ... these students ensure that each legacy application gets at least a second read-over — but...

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United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students

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10/04/2016

... Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible. Together, they distributed more than 100 backpacks covered in beloved heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at...

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United Way of New York City

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At -Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy's role in ... K-12 philanthropy, with nonprofits raising lots of money for efforts to boost...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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New York City’s Top Science And Math Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards

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12/07/2016

... Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards The Fund for the City of New York announced the seven recipients of ... throughout the five boroughs, will be honored tonight at a ceremony in the Great Hall...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. The Weinberg Foundation has ...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... plans to shut down this year — despite backing by major for -profit education companies, Kaplan and the Apollo ...

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Workforce Development

Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... People like Cecelia Grant, who spent her career as a school safety agent for New York City public schools, and is now living in a ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

... It Be Work Worth Doing? Do you know who is going to care for you when you are old and frail? By current standards, ... to be a middle-aged immigrant woman, with maybe a high school education and little if any...

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Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows

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08/30/2017

... Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows Enrolling in Success Academy boosted test scores for some of its earliest students, according to a new study ... math...

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‘I Consider Myself American.’ A New York City Dreamer Reflects on What Losing DACA Would Mean For Him

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09/11/2017

... York City Dreamer Reflects on What Losing DACA Would Mean For Him William came to the United States as a child more ... him with family and friends until he was in elementary school and they could afford to...

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

... depth about the events of that fateful day in their high school social studies curriculum. And when they are taught, ...

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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

Nearly Two Dozen Teachers at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to ... officials killed an experimental pay program at the school . Highly qualified instructors at...

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New York City Students Are Getting Younger

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10/05/2017

... in quite the same blitz as its massive scale-up of classes for 4-year-olds, when the city added nearly 50,000 full-day pre-k seats to the school system over the course of two years. Now, for...

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

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10/13/2017

... professional careers than their peers who only have a high school diploma. But less attention is paid to the workers in ... – those who have some education or training beyond high school but have not earned a...

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