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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... found that 88 percent of middle schools and high schools in the city do not have a licensed health education teacher – with most of them being middle schools. Also, in middle and high schools...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching .....

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... fathers of behavioral economics, won the 2017 Nobel prize in economics for his influential work on how human nature ... toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long term. “ In...

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Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

... be available to taxpayers who itemize as well as those who do not and merely take the standard deduction, currently ...

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President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF

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01/26/2018

... of elite politicians, central bankers and financiers in Davos, Switzerland. Most of the panels at the summit are ... and widespread revelations of harassment by powerful men in media, entertainment, government...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

... NYC on the Cultural Edge Scheduled to open at Hudson Yards in New York City in the spring of 2019, the Shed received a $75 million ... chairman and president, was instructed by Bloomberg to " do...

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Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

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05/03/2018

... with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley RGV FOCUS leaders recently unveiled ... Valley students now match or outperform their Texas peers in nine out of 11 key indicators...

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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

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06/06/2018

... recipients of the Award, which is among the highest honors in the field of Jewish education. “The work in which each of these remarkable educators is engaged ... It is a true privilege to honor them for all...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... InvestWrite Competition Johanna Van Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that .....

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Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative

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07/09/2014

... that are largely unavailable to the public. Students will use their newly acquired digital design skills to illuminate ... technologies uniquely suited to the space and place in which they learn.... Barnard...

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Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

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09/04/2014

... organizations that seek new ways to get feedback and use the findings to improve their programs and services, and ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach

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09/09/2014

... digital projects, with $17 million for museums in New York and around the world. At the Brooklyn Museum, staffers stationed at a hub will use an app to field questions in real time as...

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Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

... Power Index is a ranking of the top global billionaires in terms of overall political power. There are a number of ... has assessed their overall political influence globally or in particular countries around...

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Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

... Conservation Society (WCS)-led research, published today in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to identify ... and improve our understanding...

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Capital One Seeks Innovative Programs to Increase Digital Proficiency

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10/06/2014

... to change at the same pace. Without access to, grounding in , or funding to leverage this new “digital” world, ... social problems, and individuals risk falling behind in terms of the basic skills required for...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC

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10/30/2014

... Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC JPMorgan Chase & Co. today released the first in a series of reports that lays out a specific roadmap for ... Bill de Blasio’s Jobs for...

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New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare Users are Happy with Coverage

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11/11/2014

... begins on Nov. 15, state officials have a vested interest in making sure things go smoothly. The success of health care reform in New York will be measured by how many residents maintain ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Nonprofit Excellence Awards Go to Leake & Watts, Row New York, and Graham Windham

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11/21/2014

... recognize outstanding management practices of nonprofits in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. The three winning organizations were selected for their use of excellent management practices to turn...

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Ten Librarians Honored by Carnegie for Outstanding Public Service

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12/03/2014

... Award for demonstrating the critical role librarians play in transforming lives and communities through education and ... 70 librarians have received the award since its inception in 2008. The I Love My...

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