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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... "Drawing from sources including the experiences of states that have focused on developing stronger principal .....

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative

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01/11/2017

... & Co. today announced $20 million in grants to 10 U.S. states to dramatically increase the number of students who ...

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The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health

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07/28/2017

... care protection with out the ACA. Considering the United States ’ shockingly high rate of maternal mortality, the ... the ACA sought to increase women’s healthcare, some states discovered loopholes. Republican-...

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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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.

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Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable

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09/25/2017

... and Medicaid expansions and turn the money over to the states in block grants. By 2026, the bill would dramatically reallocate funding from states that expanded Medicaid coverage for their residents ... of the...

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Cuomo Says Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If New York Loses $2B In Health Care Funding

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09/26/2017

Gov. Cuomo said a special session of the state Legislature may be needed if more than $2 billion in federal health care cuts to New York are allowed to take effect on Oct. 1.

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

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12/10/2018

... found healthcare usage and pricing drive variation between states ' total healthcare costs. The report also found vast differences in costs between five states studied. Overall, national health spending...

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Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others

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07/14/2015

Russia has instituted a campaign to expose foreign influences that are deemed "threatening."

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Opinion: Health Reform Lives!

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11/23/2015

To the right’s dismay, scare tactics — remember death panels? — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, Obamacare’s opponents insisted that it would implode in a “death spiral...

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Commonwealth Fund Publishes Study on Americans’ Experiences with ACA Marketplace Coverage

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07/07/2016

For people with low and moderate incomes, the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits have made premium costs roughly comparable to those paid by people with job-based health insurance.

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

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08/30/2016

... and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond laws , politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

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10/21/2016

"It is increasingly difficult to avoid partisan politics if you want to bring about significant changes in public policy," the Civic Participation Action Fund's Stephen McConnell said.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA’s Marketplaces

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12/20/2016

The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is highly uncertain. Yet whether or not the law is repealed, having young adults participate in the individual health insurance market remains critical to achieving affordable premiums.

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data

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01/11/2017

... and there hasn’t been any change in U.S. health privacy laws since 1996. A new report from The Century Foundation ...

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Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists

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01/18/2017

... press freedoms after he swore that once in office, libel laws that shield reporters from lawsuits were coming down. ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund have remained focused on the issue but are leery of stepping too far into the debate on particular pieces of legislation.

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Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits

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03/24/2017

A last-minute attempt by conservative Republicans to dump standards for health benefits in plans sold to individuals would probably lower the average consumer’s upfront insurance costs, such as premiums and deductibles, said experts on both sides of...

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