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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

... like a smartphone, process the video instead. They do this using a technique called backscatter, through which a device ... an associate professor in the UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science &...

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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... bureaucracy to be untangled, programs reoriented by using data and minds to be changed. I know I am not alone; ... by the fact that forty percent of New Yorkers have a high school diploma or less [1] . This...

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21 Mar 2019

Financial Series: Looking at the 990 Part I (March 14) and Part II (March 21)

Thursday, March 21, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... 990 Part 2 of 2* (Snow Day: March 25) March 28 – Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to ... April 4 – Getting the Financial Information You Need Without Overburdening Grantees April 11 - The...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... nation's communities have more and better learning time in school . We envisioned an alliance where educators, parents ... and chances of success for every student in our nation's schools , especially...

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... for 21 years and has taught history at John Glenn High School in the Wayne-Westland Community Schools for the last 17 years. She earned her undergraduate ...

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What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

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04/23/2015

... the Crown Heights neighborhood, racial justice, high school graduation rates, youth arrests and school suspensions, community and civic engagement, youth ...

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New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx

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04/29/2016

... reading instruction in early grades to eight high-poverty schools in the Bronx, including P.S. 94, an elementary school in the Bronx. “It’s like going for a master’s in ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Applications Sought for Jerome Foundation Scholarship

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05/05/2016

... The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving high school senior residing in and graduating from a school in Genesee County whose intention is to pursue at ...

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RFPs Etc

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Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People

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08/01/2016

... teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the globe. “Jazz for Young People: ... Cities Tour” is expected to reach 9,000 students in 60 schools in five cities, including...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Arts

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Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/21/2017

... and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of ... up to $90,000 in funding to support their graduate school studies... Three MIT Alumni...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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24 May 2023

Inclusive Career Connected Learning: How CBO’s are working to Bridge Gaps and Pilot Solutions to Meet Diverse Student Needs

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... exploration pathway opportunities. We will explore how schools and CBO’s are working together to meet the needs of alternative school students, recent immigrants, and young people who are ... helping to bridge...

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Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'

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01/17/2018

... aims to grow targeted opportunities for formerly out-of- school and out-of-work young adults to help them stay ...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

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03/05/2019

... — discriminatory policing, mass incarceration, punitive school discipline, immigrant detention and deportation, [and ...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $9.1 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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03/12/2024

... or ensuring hard-working college students can persist in school and ultimately graduate. Gerstner Philanthropies ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds New “Leadership In Action” Program to Improve Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable

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08/01/2017

... Judy Feder, PhD, professor and former dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University. “Working ... adjunct professor of health policy and politics at the New School , and former vice...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

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10/22/2019

... and managed initiative called the Skills and Training in Schools for Youth Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). The program ... young people in India and improving their transition from school to in-demand and...

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Katya Levitan-Reiner Promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Propel Capital

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11/14/2019

... that worked with foundations, non-profit organizations and school systems developing and implementing strategies to ... Urban Education, Levitan-Reiner holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA...

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10 Dec 2020

Uncovering Dyslexia, NYC’s Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems

Thursday, December 10, 2020 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... Instead, most literacy programs used in American schools leave more than half the students struggling to read. ... disorders, like dyslexia) results in learning loss, school disconnection and other poor life...

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Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’

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05/22/2018

... Trust and safety.” His list goes on to include fixing up school playgrounds and hospitals — not just in San ... Lynne, have donated millions of dollars to causes from schools to hospitals, with $250 million...

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