Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools In the eve of her 92nd birthday, Lottie Raukx ... of neuropathy slow down her fight for Harlem’s public schools . Armed with a petition to...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Education

Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More

Release Date:

01/25/2016

Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools , but Critics Want More Mayor Bill de Blasio is ... in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they...

Find More By

Funding Area

Education

Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

Release Date:

08/15/2013

... how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target ... how it will distribute $5-million in donations to public schools , the first time the store...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/21/2016

Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The ... nature” of conversations today about how to integrate schools . Speaking at a Century Foundation panel on Tuesday to...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

26 Oct 2011

Raising the Bar for Students and Schools: Chancellor Walcott’s Strategic Priorities

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Bank of America Tower, One Bryant Park (6th Avenue and 42nd Street)

Please join us for a discussion with New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott as he presents his ... to an education that prepares young people to succeed in school , college and the workplace is the...

28 Mar 2022

Funder Briefing with the Chancellor on Vision + Priorities for NYC Public Schools

Monday, March 28, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... The Chancellor will present his vision for NYC public schools , including his four pillars of change , and engage ... of Chancellor’s vision and priorities for NYC public schools The role of philanthropy and...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Take Another Look at the Ways Schools Police Gender Norms

Release Date:

12/01/2016

Take Another Look at the Ways Schools Police Gender Norms A message from PNY President ... Education Working Group has frequently examined how schools – both in the City and across the nation – pursue ... has...

Find More By

News type

President's Message

PNY News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

The Director, Community Schools, EducateNYC (United Way of New York City)

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... affecting our communities. The Director, Community Schools , EducateNYC will manage a team implementing United Way of New York City’s (UWNYC) AIDP Community School initiative. Under the direction of the Vice...

Find More By

Related Organizations

United Way of New York City

New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations

Release Date:

05/12/2015

New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations The Fund for Public Schools , the nonprofit organization that former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his schools chancellors built into a...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Pinkerton Foundation

Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation

Release Date:

05/12/2017

Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation Columbia ... increase public service opportunities for deserving law school students. The largest single grant in the law school...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

Release Date:

10/07/2015

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals A new report commissioned by the Wallace ... order to create the most effective principals for public schools . According to the report, it...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools Sarah Geisenheimer, of the Rockefeller Foundation, ... that Sarah will do a great job leading the Fund for Public Schools on an interim basis...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

Release Date:

04/21/2017

... Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) is a buzz with ... April 18 in time to celebrate Earth Day at their Upper School campus on Lloyd Road. The...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

The Hyde and Watson Foundation

Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools

Release Date:

08/05/2014

Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools Iris Chen has been named executive director of The Fund for Public Schools . Chen comes to the Fund from Beyond Z, a nonprofit ... greatly enhanced...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Education

An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

Release Date:

12/22/2016

... Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools Many funders want to ensure college access for ... exactly this challenge: How to open up the doors to elite schools that, by some measures, have...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program

Release Date:

05/31/2019

Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program Houston Food Bank today announced ... grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to fund its School Pantry program, which provides a readily...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Morgan Stanley

Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children

Release Date:

04/24/2015

Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children National Dance Institute was founded by ... Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Howard Gilman Foundation

City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

Release Date:

06/29/2015

... for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors ... for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools ...

Find More By

Funding Area

Education

Technology

LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

Release Date:

09/06/2017

LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools . There's an Effort to Change That Teachers sit at ... adopted him. . . LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools . There's an Effort to Change That .....

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

LGBTQ

Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

Release Date:

11/12/2015

Communities in Schools : Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace ... support a strategy of doing less? At Communities In Schools , we struggled with those questions as we went through ... implementation at a...