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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 ... efforts on mitigating campus sexual assault, a...

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Gender Justice

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in ... comes from top academic researchers, studying a variety of places, including Washington...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for ... the critical role a teacher plays in providing a quality education to our...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education , to its board. For the first time in the history of ... at the...

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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

... 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 ... health professionals are educated...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... not a single state’s plan to comply with the federal education law—and its broader vision...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open...

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Next Gen Donors: Shaping the Future of Philanthropy

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04/2013

... at Grand Valley State University in an analysis of their new research on next generation donors. A relatively small group of Generation Xers and Millennials will inherit over $40 ...

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New York City’s Community Foundation Announces $6.5 Million in Grants to 81 Nonprofits

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10/16/2013

... helps Bard professors teach imprisoned women; gives dozens of young artists a career boost; builds the Rockaways back ... Girls Club’s new clubhouse. This is the biggest round of 2013 Trust grants.... New York...

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Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future

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12/08/2013

Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male ... is among the leaders interviewed in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about philanthropic projects ... years and then duck...

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Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis

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01/13/2014

The New York Times reports that a group of national and local philanthropic foundations, including ... retirees’ pensions and to save the Detroit Institute of Arts’ renowned collection, federal...

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Representing the Old And New in Brooklyn

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03/10/2014

... the foundation, was also the Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day. With a $1 million gift to the Brooklyn Community ... others living in the borough. He believes there are plenty of Brooklyn residents...

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Bloomberg Donates $1-Million Genesis Prize for Fellowship

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05/23/2014

... Genesis Prize in Jerusalem on Thursday in recognition of his philanthropy and public service and said he would use ... is establishing the new fellowship under the auspices of the Genesis Philanthropy ...

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Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation

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07/08/2014

... to support its community development programs. The group , based in St. Paul and Fergus, Minn., will use the funds for a range of programs that further its mission to cultivate vibrant ...

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NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants

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10/07/2014

NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants The New York Community Trust is giving ... received $7.6 million in The Trust's largest round of grants this year.... NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest...

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Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality

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12/16/2014

... no surprise that the Ford Foundation has poured millions of dollars into progressive groups calling for an ambitious ...

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RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia

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04/14/2015

... More than one billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty during the period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which end this ... Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and a...

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Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study

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05/29/2015

... to study whether mobile technology can improve the health of diabetes patients. The foundation is putting up ... the year-long program. Participants include two groups of medically-underserved patients in...

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