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Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process

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07/13/2015

Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process Applying to public high schools ... to select and attend schools rated lower for academics, climate...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

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09/16/2015

... Schools and District Integration Today, the options for families to escape racially isolated, high-poverty, poor-performing school districts are very limited—a major problem that has ... through every element...

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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

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03/09/2018

... before the tragic shooting of 17 students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, ... evidence that hurt people are more likely to hurt people. For...

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Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

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08/04/2014

Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations Target Corp. announced that it hit ... of Resource Centers that provide free school supplies for in-need students......

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Wallace Foundation Continues Investigation on Role of Principals In Improving Schools

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06/06/2016

... all students and teachers learn and grow. That’s a big change in the job description and the field is not ready for it. Certainly, the principal preparation programs at most universities are...

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

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02/17/2016

Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of- School -Time Programs The Wallace-commissioned ... cities. . . . Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of- School -...

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28 Mar 2022

Funder Briefing with the Chancellor on Vision + Priorities for NYC Public Schools

Monday, March 28, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Please join us for a funder briefing on New York City’s plans for the Department of Education under the newly instated ... for NYC public schools, including his four pillars of change...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

... the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations ... Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate...

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It's Possible for All NYC School Meals to be Cooked from Scratch, Report Supported by the New York Community Trust , New York State Health Foundation and Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Finds

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12/03/2019

It's Possible for All NYC School Meals to be Cooked from Scratch, Report ... chicken from scratch may not seem like a big deal at home. Now add in hundreds of schoolchildren, federal .....

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies, in Education Week. ... last month by the Council of State Governments Justice Center , "can help districts do just that...

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03 Apr 2019

Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... City schools, advocates and community leaders are calling for a shift in thinking about school environments, ... Join us as we learn about CRE and its potential to center learning around our...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... Discipline Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, announces her latest book, ... and arrests so widely used? • What...

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New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations

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05/12/2015

... Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations The Fund for Public Schools, the nonprofit organization that former ... which she said she had anticipated given the changes both at City Hall and in the leadership...

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Century Foundation Releases First-Ever Inventory on Charter School Diversity

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05/15/2018

... Island, the mayor of an affluent suburb led the charge for a new regional school model that would allow children ... and policymakers all helped to open charter schools, and at the ...

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Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

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06/19/2014

... Pipeline? by Mercedes Gonzalez, Education Policy Intern at The Century Foundation This post was originally ... have we been going wrong as a nation? Our penchant for harsh discipline kicks in too early,...

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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

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11/12/2015

... they so desperately need. That’s an agonizing choice for any nonprofit, because we genuinely want to change the world, and that’s a big job that requires big ... board or any funder support a strategy of doing...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

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05/21/2018

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools Communities in Schools , a ... with EMCF, awarded $15 million to the organization. For some time there’s been a debate among education ... operate...

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