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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... Story Learning Guide” – based on PBS documentary and more than a decade of research, commissioned by The Wallace ... The Learning Guide’s five online units, including more than 25 activities, are intended for...

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Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions

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07/21/2014

... Inc. is meant to give educators on the front lines more of a voice on how states implement the Common Core ... 100 educators to advise policymakers on the rollout of the more rigorous standards that are...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

... GDP. In order to do that, nonprofits will need to invest more in growth and develop more capacity in gaining access to capital. Funders and ...

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Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

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12/16/2014

... women worldwide and to promote a joint effort to gather more data on their health, workplace roles, childbirth and ... nominee were she to run, has long championed the need for more information to help women...

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Gender Justice

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State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage

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02/05/2015

... “I’m proud to say that investigators recovered more stolen wages in 2014 than ever before – which means more money stays with the hard-working men and women who ...

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Workforce Development

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... President & CEO Cecilia Clarke. “Donors want to learn more about exciting local nonprofits. Nonprofits are always seeking more resources, donors, and board members. As Brooklyn’s ...

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Community Development

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

... Million in New STEM Commitments President Obama debuted more than $240 million in new STEM commitments this week at ... sector commitments are designed "to inspire and prepare more girls and boys —...

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Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

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04/17/2015

... School districts, states and universities need to do much more to get outstanding principals into these schools. A ... in the mid-1990s. Today’s principal needs to be much more focused on the quality of...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

... an additional scholarship award of $15,000. AXA has given more than $25 million in scholarships to more than 6,000 students since the program's inception in .....

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MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China

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07/20/2015

... businesses in rural areas of China; create or sustain more than twenty thousand jobs; and enhance the financial knowledge and skills of more than thirty-six hundred entrepreneurs through financial ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Workforce Development

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is often different from the poverty of poor whites. It's more isolating and concentrated. It extends out the door of a ... grocery stores. A poor black family, in short, is much more likely than a poor...

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Community Development

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford ... fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges

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04/13/2016

... in All the Wrong Places” -- is based on an analysis of more than 6,000 pages of audit documents that were obtained ... financial aid is disbursed at the expense of broader and more pressing concerns, such as...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... foundation is among the biggest in the United States, with more than $2 billion in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits ...

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Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes

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04/21/2016

... in the condition. Some estimate that a total of 350 or more could be involved. The long-term study involves researchers from more than 21 medical institutions, including Boston ...

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Health

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... and their philanthropic gifts. Spoiler alert—they are more connected than ever. While it still does happen (we ... next six months is a rarity. To a millennial, it must seem more probable that someone is...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... remedial courses. The authors state that to produce more college-ready students colleges should accelerate ... and shift from a "drill and practice" type of teaching to more contextual, real-life...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

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06/07/2016

... schools, and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits from school psychologists, and more wraparound services in general to ensure teachers don't...

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Stonewall Community Foundation’s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads

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06/20/2016

... on marriage equality a year ago, gay families have enjoyed more visibility than ever before. But Gardner, executive ... of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, believes more can be done to uplift same-...

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