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Six City Workers Win Sloan Award for Outstanding Public Service

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06/02/2015

Six City Workers Win Sloan Award for Outstanding Public Service Six city workers who have ... taming the city’s rat problem to creating more healthy school lunches have won Sloan Public Service Awards — the .....

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Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration

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09/02/2015

... with age-related macular degeneration. The research, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, sheds light on one of the ... in industrialized countries and offers potential targets for...

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With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool

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04/06/2016

... in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine conducted a prospective study of 100 ... They found that both MRE technologies were highly...

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Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... Steinhardt study published in the journal AERA Open looks at income-based gaps in educational attainment. While the difference in high school graduation rates between high- and low-income students ...

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Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

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05/26/2016

... needle on completion. Facing budget constraints and demand for greater accountability in higher education, states are ...

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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

Heckscher Foundation for Children Helps 104 Graduate from NJ SEEDS Scholars and ... and Young Scholars graduates were placed in a selective school with enough financial aid to matriculate. In fact, ... directly...

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

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09/01/2016

... multiple teachers. Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, said, "The configuration of ... number per classroom, the number of students for which teachers will be responsible, the...

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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

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09/14/2016

... in Japan called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families”. The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the ... content features the...

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How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More

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09/16/2016

... issue in education, but some see it as a major boon for reform efforts in cities. No foundation is more keenly ...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care

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09/30/2016

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care Today, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation issued a series of recommendations for leaders of nursing schools, primary care...

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Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?

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11/01/2016

... funding Wallace Foundation is all about the importance of school leadership. The funder recently launched a $47 million ... initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals...

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Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises

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11/02/2016

... policy experts to confront how to house, transport, and school another half million people... Mayor De Blasio Says ...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

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11/30/2016

... My Librarian Award. The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and ... detailing how their favorite librarians working in public, school , college,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens

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01/09/2017

... the horse stables near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne's Riding School , in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as ... Hills). GallopNYC plans to use the stable primarily...

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Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects

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02/02/2017

... to reduce pain, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. These two side effects often mean ...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness

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02/27/2017

... Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge ... today in JCI Insight, a journal of the...

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New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants

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03/21/2017

... An app that helps fellow students in need get an after- school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest. App co-creator Kiara Stewart and .....

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City Launches Coordinated Effort to Serve LGBTQ Youth

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09/20/2017

... coordinating — and expanding — existing services for LGBTQ youth. The effort includes a focus on health ...

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Did You Get Free SUNY Tuition? NY Reveals Figures

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10/02/2017

... John Taylor was miffed when his daughter Alyssa signed up for New York's free college tuition program, but found out she was ineligible. School counselors encouraged the 22-year-old student to take .....

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