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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

... Schools Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-...

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JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

... its donors, despite arguments from the free speech rights group that such disclosure could potentially lead to ... “substantial likelihood” of harm to donors whose names are disclosed on the agency’s website...

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Report: Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law

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09/22/2017

... Law A majority of New York’s colleges and universities are handling instances and allegations of sexual assault in ... training students and staff, notifying students of their rights and conducting...

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Gender Justice

For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course

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10/10/2017

For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course Dustin Jones must navigate an obstacle ... other New Yorker,” said Mr. Jones, 29, a disability rights advocate who lives in the Bronx. “I believe it’s...

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Community Development

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The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

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01/05/2018

Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work. ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future Population Models

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09/06/2018

... They argue that mixed-race Americans who identify as white are not always viewed — or accepted — as white by other ... As Mason put it to me in an email, “people who are racially motivated to dislike...

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Census 2020

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14 Jul 2015

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

... It’s permissible for your foundation to make grants that are used for public policy or legal advocacy Your foundation ... education, civic engagement, community development, social justice and/or advocacy as a...

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New York City

11 Dec 2013

Leaving Vocational Education Behind: Making Sure College Ready = Career Ready

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... workplace assignments, and learn the kinds of skills that are , as the president called them, “a ticket into the ... as that ticket to the middle class. Because of that, they are spreading across New York and...

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Workforce Development

Down to the Wire: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... difficult to set premium rates. Under the ACA, insurers are required to offer plans with reduced cost-sharing for ... but even that deadline is fast approaching. Once rates are finalized by states, insurers...

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Health

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Some Winning Ingredients in Movement Building Are the Spiciest of All

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12/14/2015

... victory on the issue this past June. (Highlights of the event included the premier of a short film and release of a ... positioning provides to partner with grantees on creative ways to identify and then...

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Camille Kramer Joins the Tow Foundation

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03/01/2013

Camille Kramer has been named the new Executive Assistant to the Tow Foundation's Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, and comes to the foundation from a corporate background where she has supported senior management for over a dozen years.

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15 May 2013

Should Philanthropies Run Like Businesses?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -

10:45am to 1:00pm

... your colleagues Lance Lindblom and Jeffrey Solomon, who are leaders in the sector, as they present their different stances on the benefits and detriments of using a ... COOs, as well as other senior staff and...

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Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... the most exciting new approaches. It addresses issues that are often neglected,” says Steven White, a faculty member ... communication between scientists who largely work in different fields, helping the...

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Science

Technology

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants

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03/16/2014

... activities that help to increase alignment of the different "mental models" of higher education among key .....

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Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

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06/2014

... . It discusses areas of board weakness and considers different approaches to improving them, including regulation, ...

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Board & Trustees

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Governance

Expectations High For Harlem Children Zone's New Head

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07/07/2014

... Its mission is to end poverty in Harlem. HCZ provides 28 different programs to about 25,000 people in a 97-block area ... in Harlem. Sixty-three percent of the children in the zone are born into poverty, and...

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Community Development

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

... of natural disasters. It is important that African look at different dimensions, whether it is social resilience, ...

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