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Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools

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03/08/2017

Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools Trise Moore, who is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’s Federal Way school district , helps parents navigate the system and ensures...

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09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... of research suggests economic and racial segregation of schools damages student outcomes. Unfortunately, New York ... while, however, New York City is positioned to address school segregation head on, thanks...

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04 Dec 2015

Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready

Friday, December 4, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... of our New York City kids do not graduate from high school . Thousands come in far behind and the system is not ... understand the enormous and complex challenges high schools face when they take in students...

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06 Mar 2025

POSTPONED Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Thursday, March 6, 2025 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Shareholder engagement and advocacy is an effective tool that adds leverage to our efforts to help us drive ... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies, and resources to complement the work of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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14 Apr 2015

Community Schools: An Opportunity for Funder Collaboration?

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

... and policymakers – about the promise of the community schools strategy in NYC. A key takeaway was that its ... to learn together in some ongoing way about the community schools strategy both broadly and/or...

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Community Development

5,500 U.S. Schools Use Solar Power, and That's Growing as Costs Fall, Study Shows

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11/29/2017

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NYC Must Track How Often Kids With Disabilities Forced to Use Separate School Doors, Councilman Says

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10/18/2018

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3 Lessons From Data on How Students Are Actually Using Educational Apps and Software at School

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12/03/2018

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05 Apr 2018

Financial Series - The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Thursday, April 5, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... 22 – Looking at the 990 Part 3 of 3* March 29 – Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to ... April 5 – Applied Finance: The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity...

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Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

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03/31/2017

... Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool By Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at ... that unintentionally discriminate based on gender roles. Without this lens, funders can fail to...

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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

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03/09/2018

Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe A few months before the tragic shooting of 17 ... It is virtually impossible to improve learning outcomes without supports that address students’ more...

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11 Apr 2019

Financial Series: The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Thursday, April 11, 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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Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

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05/21/2018

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools Communities in Schools , a nonprofit that places ... vulnerable students and their families with community resources , has gotten...

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Can a ‘No Excuses’ Charter Teach Students to Think for Themselves?

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01/12/2018

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Charter Advocates Descend on Albany but Could See Fewer Battles in 2018

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02/07/2018

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NYC Kids With Disabilities Shortchanged by Success Academy Charters: Complaint

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11/30/2018

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Nation’s First Teachers’ Strike at Charter Network Begins in Chicago

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12/05/2018

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05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

... of which focuses on promising practices and approaches to school integration (Fall 2016). A study released in 2014 by ... Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’s schools are the most...

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

... In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from ... week, the White House convened a national summit of school district leaders to “...

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