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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... instruction,” Laura Hamilton, associate director of RAND Education , told The 74. “ESSA doesn’t explicitly use the ... that support safe and healthy students and a well-rounded education The report identified...

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A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

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02/28/2014

... committed to providing clear and transparent information about the United States' federal budget process, making it ... recognizes NPP's important role in informing Americans about the nation's...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip Henderson talks about aligning program with mission, cross-pollination ... the organization around a central mission that’s about sustainable communities, that’s built...

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

... explained his reasons for donating the bulk of his wealth, about $350 million -- or about $4.8 billion today. “The man who dies rich, dies ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System

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01/14/2015

... policymakers and other stakeholders who make decisions about the nation's food system, a new report from the ... and vegetables to promote healthier diets raises questions about the potential...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Food Systems

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

... label, and a fresh understanding of how the public feels about community problems and solutions. This is the first ... economic issues affect men and women in equal proportions, about one in four adults (26...

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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

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10/26/2015

... to Participate in Facebook QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re changing our approach to grant making to ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

... easier. A study issued Wednesday suggests that uncertainty about how to price Obamacare plans, as well inaccurate guesses about the health of potential customers led to well more than ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... in its current institutional form, is only about a century old. Since its inception, both donors and the ... society, it’s no coincidence that the big questions about philanthropy’s appropriate role are being...

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Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

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08/17/2016

... Ford Foundation President Darren Walker at the time talked about not only the “what and why” of this intensive focus but also about the question of “with whom” priorities were to be ...

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UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School

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09/07/2016

... Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School About 200 volunteers of all ages came together last week ... School in Bridgehampton putting together the backpacks, about 2,000 in all... UJA-...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

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01/17/2017

... young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years. That’s ...

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Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies

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03/07/2017

... payments from drug companies, but most have no clue about it, according to a new Drexel University study. About 65 percent of those surveyed as a part of the study by ...

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Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

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05/15/2017

Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island About 18 months ago, there seemed to be a growing national consensus about the imperative of criminal-justice reform. There was ...

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Justice Reform

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Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change

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08/28/2017

... Change The one bright spot amid the generally gloomy news about climate change, and the Trump administration’s resistance to doing anything about it, is the determination of a number of state ...

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To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”

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08/31/2017

... districts in California and Arizona. Jude is passionate about ensuring students receive quality meals in schools and are learning ways to make healthy, informed choices about the food they eat and the...

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Food Systems

Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.

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09/11/2017

... Irma, says if not now, when? “This is the time to talk about climate change. This is the time that the president and the E.P.A. and whoever makes decisions needs to talk about climate change,” Mr. Regalado...

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NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health Reporter Charles Ornstein

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09/13/2017

... health care at ProPublica, for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of journalism and health care. Mr. Ornstein spoke about how journalists break through the clutter of a growing, ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

... U.S. are banning employers from asking prospective staff about salary history, in an attempt to foster pay equity ... take time for the bans to be clearly defined. Inquiring about salary expectations may be...

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