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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

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09/26/2017

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain ... staff openings. Still, they indicate a critical need for special-education teachers and paraprofessionals, ... and dozens were in schools...

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UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School

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09/07/2016

UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to- School About 200 volunteers of all ages came together last ... pencils." The volunteers...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For -Profit Schools on African-Americans Students from disadvantaged neighborhoods are often drawn to for -profit trade schools after high school...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year Increases in overweight and obesity rates among ... to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of...

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

... schools, which will be able to use the money to pay for anything from building space to teachers to technology. ... can benefit students and is considered one remedy to school segregation. . . Diverse Charter...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found. In all, 28.3 ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments

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10/15/2019

... instruments like ukuleles, recorders, and hand drums. School 3, School 12, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. School will each get a digital piano and acoustic guitar for the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models The White House announced Tuesday that it ... White House summit on "next generation high schools," held at the Old Executive...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

... Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline Last year, at the beginning of ninth grade, my son's friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for...

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... may have overlooked a proven educational innovation: school integration. A new report from The Century ... study from the organization, which outlines the evidence for why racially integrated schools boost...

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UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot

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05/20/2019

UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot New York, NY (May ... of New York announced today that its Day School Challenge Fund (DSCF) has generated $84...

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With Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 'Van Gogh at School' Launches Online Teaching Materials

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08/16/2016

With Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 'Van Gogh at School ' Launches Online Teaching Materials Primary school ... available resources to create their own lessons. Van Gogh...

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

... report was released, Public Advocate Letitia James called for the city Department of Education to appoint a chief ... modest, said Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, a think tank...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates, Families for Excellent Schools Two hedge fund billionaires dropped ... group in April, the Daily News has learned. Officials at...

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Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive

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09/14/2017

... Others Thrive Calling schools “the breeding ground” for dangerous gangs like MS-13, Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday ...

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s ... Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña walked into a classroom at Longwood Preparatory Academy in the Bronx, where...

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Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

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09/29/2017

... Brooks DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional ... event: a charter school assembly. She watched...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

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09/06/2023

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York ... NEW YORK (September 6, 2023) – The beginning of a new school year finds New York schools continuing to...

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Committee for Children Launches Out-of-School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace Foundation

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03/26/2019

Committee for Children Launches Out-of- School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace ... SEATTLE, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Committee for Children (CFC) announced today that it is...

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