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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

... how much support principals in the United States receive to be effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to the important role...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

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08/18/2016

... most families could encourage more low-income young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that they can ... students with lower test scores, and their reluctance to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too Setting preschoolers up for success ... training and quality in pre-K — is turning its sights to the home. This school year, the Department of...

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and ... are greatest and the consequences most harmful: education , health, employment, and the justice system.” The ... and ongoing support...

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Workforce Development

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Launches New CT Scanner Initiative for Rural Hospitals

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10/28/2016

... Scanner Initiative for Rural Hospitals The Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional nonprofits and ... United States and around the world in the areas of health, education , human services, and...

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NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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11/08/2016

... scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social Enterprise. The three ... for their management excellence at the Awards Presentation to be held on December 2nd at the New...

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

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11/23/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization All Hands Volunteers, ... of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund. The Global...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration

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01/19/2017

Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration The ... is promoting the health and well-being of all populations to the greatest extent possible within...

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Commonwealth Fund's President Says Republicans Need to Act Fast to Enact What History Will Call Republican Health Reform

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02/16/2017

Commonwealth Fund's President Says Republicans Need to Act Fast to Enact What History Will Call Republican Health Reform In ... secretary of legislation at the U.S. Department of Health, Education...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

... at Queens Theatre This season, Queens Theatre is able to offer affordable, high-quality performance and education programming with support fromSeason Sponsors Con ...

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Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

... costs for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the attorney general of ... Massachusetts. The loan servicer, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency,...

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Suspensions, Evaluations And The Absent Teacher Reserve: What A New Union Boss Has On His Mind

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08/31/2017

... principals have a nearly impossible job. Now, it’s up to him to help them get it done. This September, Cannizzaro will ... 6,000 school principals, assistant principals and other education...

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Health Care Reform Flatlined. But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up

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09/05/2017

... But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up Republican plans to replace Obamacare are fading fast, but that doesn't mean ... is done with health care. On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education , Labor and Pensions...

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After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School

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09/05/2017

After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked ... few months have been marked by friction...

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New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects

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09/05/2017

New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects We didn’t need World Water Week last week to remind us that too little and too much water can both be ... infrastructure...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is a coordinated system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in ... productivity losses every year. ThriveNYC is trying to tackle some of the stigma that...

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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in ... 10.3 percent in charters, miss that much time, according to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the ...

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