How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U.S. ...
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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... public-private collaboration is the first between a four- year college in the state university system and the ...
Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... devastation from Harvey, southeastern Texas was enduring a year unlike any before. The daily surface temperature of the ...
Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year . Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting ...
Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... (NII) hoped to address when it launched earlier this year . . . Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake ...
F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years.
After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year , Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly strange school ...
Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’
Release Date:
09/05/2017
They are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a row.
Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... what used to be the philanthropic get-together of the year : the glittery Clinton Global Initiative, filled with ...
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Berklee, a music education program, is taking over a legendary New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding.
My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative that later spun off into a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit known as the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, or MBK, will merge with the Obama Foundation.
What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... at dusk the previous evening to patrol an area where this year more than 2,400 people have died trying to reach Europe. ...
What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... districts received in revenue during the 2015-2016 school year . Gotham Gazette's Ben Max and CBC's Director of State .....
In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck Fifteen- year -old Pkorkor Lomerilima smiled tentatively before lifting ...
Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Producers and theatrical artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale brand of theater. But that doesn’t mean they are reaping financial rewards.
Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... said they meet their major-gift goals nearly every year . By contrast, 39 percent of charities said they have ...
The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... Strategy In an article published earlier this year , we asked nonprofits to stop raising awareness, and ...
New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Just years after New York began requiring prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to enter the classroom.
Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The Walton Family Foundation, the philanthropy governed by the family behind Walmart, pledged Tuesday to invest $2.2 million over the next two years in new charter schools in New York City that aim to be socioeconomically diverse.
'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The chocolate giant Mars is promising to spend close to $1 billion over the next few years fighting climate change.