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

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12/05/2018

... in Brazil, South Africa, and Vietnam. She directed the Education and Leadership Development Department at 1199SEIU ...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300M Salesforce.com Inc. has made a somewhat unusual ... Salesforce that will focus on managing sales and marketing for the company’s Customer Success...

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Next Gen Donors: Shaping the Future of Philanthropy

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04/2013

GrantCraft partnered with 21/64 and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University in an ... new research on next generation donors. A relatively small group of Generation Xers and Millennials will inherit over $40 trillion in wealth, much of that designated for philanthropy. In this first-of-its-kind research, the ...

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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

New York City’s Community Foundation awards $6.5 Million in grants to 81 New York City nonprofits.

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Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future

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12/08/2013

... Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement, is among the leaders interviewed ... troubles. “We’ve seen foundations duck into this issue for a few years and then...

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