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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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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Education

Children, Youth and Families

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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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region

Release Date:

11/02/2017

... year’s . The aim is to build capacity among local and regional funders working on LGBTQ issues, and to strengthen ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

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

Release Date:

11/29/2017

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Sector News

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Education

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

Release Date:

10/18/2018

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Sector News

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Education

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

Release Date:

12/03/2018

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Sector News

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Education

Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

Release Date:

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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Member News

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

Release Date:

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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Member News

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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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Children, Youth and Families

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

Release Date:

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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Insights

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

12 Oct 2017

ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... framework for identifying and intervening in struggling schools . This flexibility was seen as an opportunity for ... of Education for implementation in the 2018-2019 school year. Philanthropy New York’s...

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Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

Release Date:

06/19/2014

Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School -to-Prison Pipeline? by Mercedes Gonzalez, Education ... in too early, resulting in what is referred to as the school -to-prison pipeline. Moving Away from Discipline and...

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The Century Foundation

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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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

Release Date:

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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Insights

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Gender Justice

COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future

Release Date:

04/07/2020

COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future By: ... many vulnerable groups, such as low-wage workers, those without insurance and paid sick leave, the incarcerated, ... requires us to...

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Insights

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Disaster Relief

Social Justice

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...