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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'

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08/13/2015

... the 'Accountability Gap' Until recently, the Government of Malawi faced difficulties tracking whether teaching and ... – was another serious concern. Now with the click of a button, the Ministry...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Director Examines Link Between Art and Economic Development

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08/18/2015

... era, a situation that has affected nearly every aspect of life in the country. This has included, of course, cultural institutions, with museums reporting ... restaurants, and so on), while the Ministry...

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

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09/10/2015

... for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants Research on the children of immigrants shows that the majority of...

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

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Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women

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09/28/2015

Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women Art Peck, chief executive officer of Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), announced today a significant ... by expanding the company’s award-winning life-...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build In recognition of the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, Bank of America, ... to financial well-being and is linked to improved...

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International/Global Affairs

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Housing and Homelessness

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Tickets for Students to See 'Hamilton'

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10/28/2015

... excited critics and audiences with its hip-hop exploration of America’s revolutionary era. Now educators and ... City 11th graders, all from schools with high percentages of students from low-income families,...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

... Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase the number of...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

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02/04/2016

... All across America, schools predominantly serving students of color are being buried under a culture of "zero tolerance." These policies are turning what should ... the cafeteria. Of...

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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

... have been for decades. In the Northeast, 51.4 percent of black students attend schools where 90 percent to 100 percent of their classmates are racial minorities, up from 42.7 ... to 2010. In some ways, it’s as...

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... Preparation Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and yet school leaders usually receive ... attention than teachers in the national conversation about education . The Wallace...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... Librarian Award. The award recognizes the public service of exceptional public, school, college, community college or ... foundation and award sponsor, Carnegie Corporation of New York. The I Love My Librarian...

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

... a Raise WAGE stagnation. Income inequality. A lack of quality education . Insufficient training and skills development. ... Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to...

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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

... The billionaire investor gave away $2.9 billion worth of stock in his holding company Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA ... 19.6 million Class B shares to five charities. The bulk of the money, $2.2 billion, will go...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

... is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, ... brief from the Commonwealth Fund finds. Based on a survey of more than three thousand adults, the...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

... Students? It’s been said that a budget is a statement of policy, the surest way to determine the values and ... engaged in for the past three decades, investing trillions of dollars to expand a criminal-...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... support Wikimedia community efforts to enable the addition of structured data to the more than thirty-five million ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family In new research funded by the ... created a new index that provides a more accurate picture of the economic health of...

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

... Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy Communities grant program. The grants are from $50,000 to $100,000 and come out of the $2 million program. "This funding...

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Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding

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03/17/2017

... Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding Since President Lyndon Johnson and a ... Northern-educated playwright, produced a satirical story of a town that wakes up to...

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