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

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07/18/2017

A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO We are on the ... showing a desire to experiment, be creative, and innovate with their charitable giving like never before. At the center ... economic...

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Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

... Massachusetts. The loan servicer, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, which operates under the name ...

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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 ...

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

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09/05/2017

... are fading fast, but that doesn't mean Congress is done with health care. On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education , Labor and Pensions Committee kicks off the first ... this month examining 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

... few months have been marked by friction between the State Education Department and SUNY, Success Academy’s ...

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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 ... to a new report from international non-profit CDP with infrastructure firm AECOM and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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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

... in the midst of a citywide surge in student homelessness. Education Department officials said it will cost the city $17 ...

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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

... 28.3 percent of teachers in traditional schools, compared with 10.3 percent in charters, miss that much time, according ... to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-leaning education -focused think tank, in...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... toward their health insurance. The deal also came with some caution for the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the...

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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

... Academy took pay cuts, some in the $50,000 range, after Education Department officials killed an experimental pay ...

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

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10/03/2017

Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project The mission of ... to become better stewards of nature and the planet. With an ever increasing number of visitors - now...

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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

... absenteeism to measure schools under ESSA, the federal education law. “In that regard, I don’t think chronic ...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... school students to map out areas in their community with high concentrations of carbon dioxide and offer ... from all 50 states created and implemented these projects, with the hope that other educators will...

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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

The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces ... The Art for Justice Fund, launched earlier this year with a $100 million donation from philanthropist Agnes...

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