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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... Foundation, is a collaboration among the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and ten of the leading professional organizations in the K-12 education space. The Coalition is comprised of...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses The Accion U.S. Network, the largest ... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve business...

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Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated students, the NYU Prison Education Program aims to help redress inequities that result .....

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... in Recent Years Washington, D.C., became a magnet for philanthropy after 2007, when former mayor Adrian Fenty ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The total...

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Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

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03/14/2016

Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program The Community Foundation ... field trips. The 83 grants will make it possible for thousands of students in under-served communities this...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

... had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good education . The next year, in another Gallup survey, almost ... have the same chance as white kids of getting a good education . In short, the history of...

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Justice Reform

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Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

... Supreme Court ruling and an edict from New Jersey’s education commissioner to force the merger of Morristown and ... by the Century Foundation, with support from the Fund for New Jersey, the Mills Foundation,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

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02/07/2017

... Supports Efforts to Spread the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American Women Nonprofit Shouldn't Mean Nonviable in New York The Search is On for PNY’s Next Public Policy Fellow PhilTV This Week:...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive ... established to examine the current state of U.S. language education , to project what...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community, health—they have their various parts “siloed” rather than treated holistically. For far too long we have known that too many...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... workers give a similarly gloomy picture. The jobless rate for black Americans is generally about twice that of white ... of educational attainment. The overall unemployment rate for black workers is now 7.4...

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Economic Security

With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers Just hours after the Trump White ... on Tuesday that it would move to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants,...

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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 ...

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Gender Justice

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... charter schools have had in providing better educations for urban children. “Many charters have flourished, ... research,” wrote University of Michigan professor of education , public policy, and economics Sue...

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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 union workers, nor does the United Federation of Teachers ... the critical role a teacher plays...

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Gender Justice

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

... At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy ... how anybody else could.” But it’s clear that the goal...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education , to its board. For the first time in the history of ... at the Schott Foundation where he leads a team to support...

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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

... Climate Change The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) today announced that, since its launch ...

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Health

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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

... not a single state’s plan to comply with the federal education law—and its broader vision for judging school performance—calls for inclusion of such measures in its school accountability ...

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