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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... Program Funded by Goldman It was, in the vernacular of corporate America, a win-win: a bond that paid for ... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education . The investment also resulted in a...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

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12/01/2015

... The Wall Street Journal. The 10-year-old nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It currently occupies 20,000 square feet of space in two New York...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend ... their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , from TCF senior fellow...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

... that Mr. Robertson’s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/19/2016

Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Carnegie ... one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education ,...

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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

... and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans A stroke of luck made it possible for Akbar Hossain and his family to ... Now, Hossain is 25 and studying law at the University of Pennsylvania. He was recently...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

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05/03/2016

John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation The Rita & ... Watman, MSW, has joined the foundation as Vice President of Programs. In this newly...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies. Although almost every day a new ... intended to ease the transition for transfer students, education researchers say many...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... degrees partly paid for by the Yonkers Partners In Education and the Westchester Community Foundation's ... was to target students who were vulnerable to dropping out of college for academic, personal or...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

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06/24/2016

... upholding race as a factor in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin came as a relief for affirmative-action ... – the high court ruling is being seen by many higher education...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... that strikes their fancy in the institution. A team of art educators sit around a cluster of computers near the museum entrance, ready to answer ...

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that employment of registered nurses (RNs) is expected to increase “16 ... them about their conditions; and the...

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

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08/16/2016

... "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to the important role ... insight on the topic, showing that mentors and supervisors of school leaders do provide...

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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

... encourage more low-income young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that they can ... more applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds: their fear of falling in national college...

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

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09/09/2016

... its sights to the home. This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting ...

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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

... are greatest and the consequences most harmful: education , health, employment, and the justice system.” The program was initially funded by a combination of one-time $30 million contributions from Bloomberg...

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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

... A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration The common goal of health policy leaders at the level of state government in the United States is promoting the health and well-being of all...

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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

... History Will Call Republican Health Reform In the fall of 1964, Wilbur Cohen, then assistant secretary of legislation at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare...

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