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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

... But we’ve also seen an apparent increasing interest in funding climate change work. The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million ... commitment that will...

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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 how...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

... even better than TV. Since the NPR podcast for kids “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’s listened to every episode three times. ... summer for a live taping of his podcast for grown-ups, “ How...

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

... rate may take a hit due to an under-the-radar provision in the new federal education law. The Every Student Succeeds ... by a “preponderance” of students or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It...

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Despite Washington Drama, Pace of Health System Change Accelerates

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10/06/2017

... is dominating the state of population health management in 2017. The nation’s network of 4,862 community hospitals, ... to turn on a dime. Yet as editor Mike Miliard writes in Healthcare IT News, “Change is...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching .....

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Workforce Development

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public? Real male allies tend to have three things in ... of his remarks. In this context, men too often look to...

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Gender Justice

William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education The percentage of English language learners in American public schools has increased in all but 15 states...

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

... The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World? ... Tank Summit entitled & quot ;Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste& quot ; in...

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... years, they have examined the behavioral barriers standing in the way of financial health for low-income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and Chile, and designed ... savings, to credit accessibility—should...

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Economic Security

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

... grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to affect positive social change. MIA will launch ... between the viewer and someone who may have lived in a very different time and place. Thanks...

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference In the summer of 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio ... on the subject of youth, the residents themselves ranged in age from those in...

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United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites

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01/03/2018

... are easy to understand, with an emphasis on evaluating how patients experience care delivery on a personal ...

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NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers

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01/17/2018

... behaviors. However, very little research has been done on how New York State and New York City currently support, ...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... but the Trump administration is now reversing course. In this special report for PBS NewsHour Weekend, produced in partnership with public radio station WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of ...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care ... now dominated by managed care, this raises the question of how states can establish managed care rates to sustain...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create ... framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities evaluate how well they are doing at...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

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03/02/2018

... lifetime property tax exemptions. They looked deeply at how those exemptions left local school districts starving for ... found that such exemptions left roughly $630 million in Kansas wind farm equipment...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... Move Families to Food Security A recent study published in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of Social Sciences looks at how much additional income in SNAP benefits would be needed ...

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