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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... in its school accountability system. That raises...

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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

... education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly technical maker space ... locate 10 labs where they can serve a diverse population of school-age children, rural...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a political saga set in Russia that had been on the calendar for months. As...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’s a...

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Justice Reform

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ... have interactive content that confronts visitors with some of the nation's arduous past...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Social Justice

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... A1C (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person's mean blood glucose levels over the past three ... beyond HbA1C, and to refine deﬁnitions of outcomes such as hypoglycemia...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to ... well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... for students to learn and to address community issues such as air pollution, water & soil quality, and combatting ... valid field studies. They will also monitor two new organic landscapes that were...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the creation of 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in .....

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

... Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools New study by The Commonwealth Fund highlights Medicaid ... health. It is widely recognized that social...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility To bridge the various gaps in our world of work today, and to find ways to work even smarter...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems. Two new papers by researchers at the Malaria Research Institute ... malaria...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed As racism and hate continue to dominate the national ... an opportunity to learn and thrive. By providing this new framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities...

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Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities

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03/16/2018

Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio ... report, Our Pathway to a Brighter Future: Ohio's New Americans, which highlights the crucial role...

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Immigration

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

... Partners Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first ... stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new policy, announced Thursday,...

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The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database

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05/01/2018

The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database Today, The Trust for Public Land ... information for 14,000 cities with a combined population of more than 260 million. The national nonprofit...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

... United States declined for the first time in decades, a new report is out detailing which states have the best and ... care to its residents. The study broke down over 40 areas of health care from access, to...

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... philanthropist Paul Newman, today announced the formation of a Native American Nutrition Cohort, comprised of nine nonprofit organizations that focus on fresh food ... country. The first convening is May 8 and...

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