PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017
Release Date:
02/07/2017
... Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island ...
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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
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... Learning to Remain Competitive The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today released the final report and ... established to examine the current state of U.S. language education , to...
Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... Our children carry with them a whole identity inclusive of their varying home lives, community experiences, and rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community,...
Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial ... rate for black Americans is generally about twice that of white Americans, a ratio that...
With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... were few answers as to the immediate effects the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would have on the ... and students that schools are open to all regardless of immigration status — a...
A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent
Release Date:
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 ... efforts on mitigating campus sexual assault, a...
Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in ... comes from top academic researchers, studying a variety of places, including Washington...
De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for ... the critical role a teacher plays in providing a quality education to our...
In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy ... hit it off personally,” the charter school leader writes of...
Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) today announced that, since its launch ... health professionals are educated...
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... not a single state’s plan to comply with the federal education law—and its broader vision...
Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open...
Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m
Release Date:
04/16/2019
The deal, announced today, will see Salesforce.org transition from a California public benefit corporation to a business corporation, with the $300 million going to the Salesforce.com Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization that plans to...
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars
Release Date:
07/09/2015
... The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2015 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, honoring seven ... holds exceptional promise for advancing the frontiers of knowledge about how biological systems function...
Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... consequences students face—especially young people of color—when schools enforce punitive disciplinary ... by the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative . Atlantic Philanthropies'...
Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Help on Staten Island New York City was in the throes of an alarming increase in opioid-related overdoses last ... research project between Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Staten...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"
Release Date:
12/10/2018
... designed to expand jazz artists’ touring to a wide range of communities. This landmark re-granting program, once ... jazz touring support system. Through Jazz Road, all six of the country’s Regional Arts...
Next Gen Donors: Shaping the Future of Philanthropy
Publication date:
04/2013
... at Grand Valley State University in an analysis of their new research on next generation donors. A relatively small group of Generation Xers and Millennials will inherit over $40 ...
Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future
Release Date:
12/08/2013
Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male ... is among the leaders interviewed in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about philanthropic projects ... years and then duck...
Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis
Release Date:
01/13/2014
The New York Times reports that a group of national and local philanthropic foundations, including ... retirees’ pensions and to save the Detroit Institute of Arts’ renowned collection, federal...