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Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

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02/04/2016

... a White school safety officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled a Black, female student ... All across America, schools predominantly serving students of color are being buried...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

... segregated than they have been for decades. In the Northeast, 51.4 percent of black students attend schools where 90 percent to 100 ... to 2010. In some ways, it’s as if Brown v. Board...

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and yet school leaders usually receive ... attention than teachers...

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

... a Raise WAGE stagnation. Income inequality. A lack of quality education . Insufficient training and skills development. ... Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to...

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Economic Security

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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

... The billionaire investor gave away $2.9 billion worth of stock in his holding company Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA ), ... links to the Buffett family will share the rest: Buffett's education...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... support Wikimedia community efforts to enable the addition of structured data to the more than thirty-five million freely licensed media files in Wikimedia Commons , making it easier for people and ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family In new research funded by the Foundation for Child ... development, such as higher-quality early care and education...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

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02/17/2017

... Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention ...

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy Communities grant program. The .....

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Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding

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03/17/2017

... Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding Since President Lyndon Johnson and a ... pause and think about what our country would be like in their absence. In...

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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... returns but concrete social returns as well,” as it said in a news release. Earning high returns isn’t just a matter of bragging rights — endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program The ... Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national leader in the movement...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear ... cuts to the nation’s most effective health, nutrition, education , and disability programs, eviscerating...

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care The report includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and ... for folks...

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Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... Integration Plan for Lower East Side The New York City education department on Tuesday revealed a plan that officials hope will spur more economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary schools. It is the...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... new year this month, the clock was ticking on the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s boldest education initiative. His Renewal School program, which ... and Mr. de Blasio has said that decisions will be made...

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... Read or Add, World Bank Says Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many ...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... The schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on...

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New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show

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10/10/2017

... League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year of Broadway Bridges, an ... accessible by offering $10 tickets to tenth grade students in...

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