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

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03/02/2015

... grant, NYU's new program began this semester and can lead to an associate's degree. According to the university, ... to other colleges. "By expanding access to...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

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05/28/2015

... Reform for Community Colleges Community colleges tend to receive the least amount of public financial support ... released by the Century Foundation today -- "How Higher Education Funding Shortchanges...

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

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06/22/2015

... Grantmakers launched a three-year fundraising campaign to build its capacity to better Unite , Activate , and Elevate philanthropy in San ... portfolio of grants in poverty, family planning, arts ...

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

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08/27/2015

... more than $31 million from national foundations, according to an analysis by two professors at Michigan State University ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The...

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

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03/14/2016

... Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools supporting educational field trips. The 83 ... of students in under-served communities this school year to visit arts and culture sites,...

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

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07/15/2016

... had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good education . The next year, in another Gallup survey, almost ... object if a family member invited a black person home to dinner. This complacency among us...

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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 ... surviving early racial unrest and shifting demographics, to...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

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02/07/2017

New York Community Trust Supports Program to Educate Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues ... Poverty on Long Island MAC AIDS Fund Supports Efforts to Spread the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American...

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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

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

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps. Unemployment rates among black workers ... joblessness for black workers has led policy makers to accept it is as...

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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

With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for ... Trump White House announced on Tuesday that it would move to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants, New ... religious...

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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 Mason University on Thursday to make...

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Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... research,” wrote University of Michigan professor of education , public policy, and economics Sue Dynarski in 2015. ... low-achieving, poor and nonwhite, charter schools tend to do better than other public...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union ... the critical role a teacher plays in providing a...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

... a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy ... Of her own ambitions, she says she’...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, ... Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education , to its board. For...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) today announced that, since its launch ... and programs around the...

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Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

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01/11/2013

... owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans. A new partnership between Capital ... provide small business owners in the D.C. region access to capital through Kiva’s...

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

... have announced the six winners of a national competition to provide technical assistance to state and local governments looking to develop "pay-for-success"...

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