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Shamira Lukomwa

... and led programs for an international experiential education non-profit and headed the communication and marketing department of an art-activism hub in Nairobi that fosters social movements through the arts...

Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies, in Education Week. Zero-tolerance policies "hurt students’ .....

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest ... Charitable Trust to fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... Grants Totaling $414,000 Nearly half a million dollars in grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund will help ... and adolescents use digital media and technology to get in shape, prepare for college,...

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The New York Community Trust

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... designed to empower educators and school professionals in their efforts to support grieving students. The Coalition to Support Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life Foundation, is a...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... nonprofit micro- and small business lending network in the United States, announced today that it has received $1 ... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve...

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Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... university, credits earned at the medium-security prison in liberal arts, or future introductory courses from its ... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

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05/28/2015

... released by the Century Foundation today -- "How Higher Education Funding Shortchanges Community Colleges" -- calls ... institutions jump-start social mobility. "We're in this strange...

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Appointments & Transitions

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

In late 2014, San Diego Grantmakers launched a three-year ... to better Unite , Activate , and Elevate philanthropy in San Diego through the pursuit of several key objectives. ... portfolio of grants in...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years Washington, D.C., became a magnet for ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The total represented an...

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Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

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03/14/2016

Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program The Community Foundation of New Jersey ... Field Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools supporting...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice In 1962, 85 percent of ... had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good education . The next year, in...

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Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

... Supreme Court ruling and an edict from New Jersey’s education commissioner to force the merger of Morristown and Morris Township schools in 1971. Yet the Morris School District has endured, ... renaissance and...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

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02/07/2017

... African-American Women Nonprofit Shouldn't Mean Nonviable in New York The Search is On for PNY’s Next Public Policy .....

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The American ... established to examine the current state of U.S. language education , to project what the...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White The recent finding by The New York Times ... of white Americans, a ratio that improves only somewhat in “good” times, like the present, and persists no matter ... to...

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With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... on the more than 30,000 New York City residents already in the program. But Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools ... “Every student, parent and educator is welcome and safe in our schools. We will do everything we...

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George ... known as Title IX as a legal basis, as a momentous...

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Gender Justice

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... Data Several months ago, David Leonhardt wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in providing better educations for urban children. “...

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