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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

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11/23/2016

... innovative approach to the way disaster relief is paid for in order to increase resilience in affected communities. The aim is to enable responders to ... reactive disaster funding and promote positive changes...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum

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01/26/2017

... analysis, complex thinking and self-reflection cultivated in these courses provide a key resource for subsequent ... career diplomats or bankers, alumni point to their Core education as having given them the...

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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

... to Enact What 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 (now the U.S...

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A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO

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07/18/2017

... well. Whether it’s creating social change by engaging in advocacy, impact investing, or collaborative efforts ... hundreds of clients representing more than $100 billion in assets increase their philanthropic...

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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

... 6,000 school principals, assistant principals and other education administrators. “Nothing is more challenging than leading a school or being in school leadership,” Cannizzaro told Chalkbeat. After a ...

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

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09/05/2017

... is done with health care. On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education , Labor and Pensions Committee kicks off the first ...

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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

... To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a ... few months have been marked by friction between the State Education Department and SUNY,...

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

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09/05/2017

... be problems for fast-growing cities. Cities like Chennai in China, which in December 2015 experienced its worst rainfall in 100 years, ... infrastructure to boost resilience through...

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Environment and Climate Change

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

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09/08/2017

... estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in any given year will experience mental illness. One in 5 New Yorkers, and all those New Yorkers have family ...

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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 ... students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class. City officials said...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools Teachers in traditional district ... to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a...

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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 ... and Administrators, the union representing 253 employees in supervisory roles,...

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School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students

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10/03/2017

... has experienced before,” Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico’s education secretary, told staff members in a letter Friday. . . School Systems Prepare for Puerto ...

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Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project

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10/03/2017

... to make the grounds safe and welcoming to all our visitors in order to fully embody the goals of our mission. In 2017, the Arboretum initiated Phase One of a two-phased ...

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Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow? Schools across the ... states have prepared for that possibility, or have systems in place to accurately monitor absenteeism...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... expect elementary school students to map out areas in their community with high concentrations of carbon dioxide ...

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Science

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Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

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12/01/2017

... and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Laura Landy has ... which helped address changing dynamics ...

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

... day to hear from speakers including former secretary of education John King , professor Melissa Harris-Perry , ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Shares Findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 Process

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04/01/2021

... 2020 process , which is informing over $3 million in new grants through the next phase of the Brooklyn ... become the largest community-supported emergency response in the Foundation’s history. In...

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