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Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

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12/15/2016

... Language Learning, responds to a request from a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Members of Congress. It is composed of national leaders in education , scientific and humanistic research, business, and ...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... down this year — despite backing by major for-profit education companies, Kaplan and the Apollo Education Group , the parent of the University of Phoenix. The closings ...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

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09/18/2017

... public schools. Armed with a petition to demand that the education department staff her neighborhood’s school with ... over crucial data that has been requested to help local education advocates make their...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of ... policies or clashes with districts over space. Now, a group of these independent schools...

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/03/2017

Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.

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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Communities Across North America

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01/05/2023

... with national and local leaders in the field of Jewish education , to create more inclusive, connected, and ... 2022 Covenant grantees represent an exciting and varied group of educators and projects,” said...

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With $7 Million in Grant Funding Trinity Church Wall Street Joins Urgent Call for Racial Justice and Responds to COVID-19 Impacts

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06/23/2020

... total $6.86 million. The grantees are working on a range of projects, including fighting to end ... to disrupt the cycles of incarceration. It is only through community organizing, advocacy, and alternative...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to the YMCA of Greater New York

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10/21/2014

... learning. In addition, because studies have found that getting teens to exercise and focus on fitness reduces risky ... the Y gives students membership cards that give these youth free access to their local...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Multiyear Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change

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07/22/2021

... will receive $70,000 per year for the next five years through the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund’s ... of organizations. Immigrant Rights and Elder Justice Through our Immigrant Rights Fund , we are...

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New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits

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02/06/2017

In January, the New York Community Trust, issued a call for proposals for a new fund addressing “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty.”

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working -age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up ... were uninsured. The national uninsured rate among working age-adults dropped from 20...

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... fare worst in a health measure that can keep people from getting jobs — missing teeth. West Virginia is the ... it also holds the dubious distinction of having the most working -age adults who have lost six or...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

... are not always predictable, so unless one has lived through crisis before, one is never sure. And this can make ... media “crisis case” at Philanthropy New York for a group of senior foundation leaders. The...

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05 Oct 2012

New Adolescent Brain Research and its Implications for Services

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... knowledge calls for significant changes in the way older youth and young adults are treated in foster care. It ... looks like in implementation at child welfare and other youth -focused agencies Suggestions of...

Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

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10/14/2020

... by losses in revenue during the pandemic and those working with their communities to imagine and prototype a ... just future. Grassroot organizations and networks working at the intersection of racial,...

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