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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 of four scheduled hearings this month examining the individual health care market with the...

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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

... Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty ... 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

... infrastructure to boost resilience through conservation education , new stormwater management systems and other green ...

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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

... Treating Mental Health ThriveNYC is a coordinated system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four ... and parents and children, which means this affects all of us. It drives the economy: $14...

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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

... Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this ... when the city bused 2,920. The spike comes in the midst of a citywide surge in student...

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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

... year, a new research paper has found. In all, 28.3 percent of teachers in traditional schools, compared with 10.3 ... to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-leaning education -focused think tank, in a...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... for the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the Buffalo Council of Supervisors and Administrators, the union...

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Nearly Two Dozen Teachers at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G

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09/25/2017

... at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G That's gotta hurt. Nearly two dozen teachers at ... Academy took pay cuts, some in the $50,000 range, after Education Department officials...

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School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students

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10/03/2017

... from Florida to Massachusetts are anticipating an influx of Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria and ... a unique, difficult and unprecedented situation that none of us has experienced before,”...

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

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10/03/2017

... with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project The mission of Reeves-Reed Arboretum is to engage, educate, and enrich the lives of visitors to become better stewards of nature and the planet...

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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

... rise, to want to game the system,” said Phyllis Jordan of the Georgetown-based think tank FutureEd. She recently ... absenteeism to measure schools under ESSA, the federal education law. “In that regard, I don...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the ... map out areas in their community with high concentrations of carbon dioxide and offer solutions to...

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

... philanthropist Agnes Gund, today announced the first round of grant recipients in the areas of criminal justice reform and the arts. With awards ranging ... that seek to safely reduce prison populations,...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arts

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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

Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to ... which helped address changing dynamics in health, higher...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

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04/27/2018

... that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education . The grant will build on the successful programs ... exceptionally proud to again benefit from the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to...

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

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05/15/2018

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

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New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One

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10/11/2018

... New York Life Foundation, the largest corporate sponsor of childhood bereavement support, today announced the national launch of its Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative (GSSI). Through ... pioneering program,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

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07/28/2014

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline Of Women in Workforce As economists search for an explanation for why the percentage of women in the United States who are working or want to work has been...

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

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05/15/2015

... Region Omega’s annual Service Week is comprised of two sessions: the Strengthening Communities Summit (May ... Summit prioritizes organizations that address a range of social, economic, or environmental issues...

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