Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... policies or clashes with districts over space. Now, a group of these independent schools are planning their first ...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... NGOs or social entrepreneurs should do. But this week a group of foundations turned the lens on themselves to see ...
Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... thorniest policy issues in the food system. The diverse group came from 12 states, one U.S. territory and Washington, ...
The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to publish and peer review ...
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall response to individuals ...
Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Americans who were left behind as the country pulled out of the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three years, the Federal Reserve reported.
Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Almost no one denies that New York City’s property tax system is profoundly flawed.
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... in Omaha. Buffett supports the Atlanta-based nonprofit group that helps communities come up with holistic plans to ...
Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... applied research, events and training. “This first group of grants embodies NII’s values and vision by ...
Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... far promise a healthy fight. The project developer, Rabsky Group , is planning a 1,146-unit building at a site formerly ...
SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised ...
World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions
Release Date:
10/13/2017
The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced displacement of the Rohingya,” it will delay the release of a $200 million loan planned for Myanmar.
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... of Training & Employment Professionals, a nonprofit group representing the workforce development community... ...
American Express Grant Will Help Renovations at Historic Utah Pickle Company Building
Release Date:
11/03/2017
... American Express teamed up with private, non-profit group called The National Trust for Historic Preservation and ...
New York Foundation’s Latest Installment of Video Series “In Their Own Words” Features Founder and Executive Director of Young Advocates for Fair Education
Release Date:
02/09/2018
... for Fair Education (YAFFED) YAFFED is an advocacy group committed to improving educational curricula within ...
Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico
Release Date:
03/02/2018
... backed by funding from the Open Society Foundations, the group includes mainland mayors with experience in disaster ...
Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope .....
Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People
Release Date:
05/02/2018
... and March 2018. That’s up from 12.7 percent of that group in 2016. Uninsured rates were also up significantly ...