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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

Additional qualities highlighted are self-control and curiosity.

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... at colleges and universities with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more ... from modest backgrounds to campuses with high graduation rates by the year 2025. A group of 30...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... durability — and whether, considering social utility, rates of return, and the compounding or erosion of value over ...

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Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

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08/28/2017

Jobless rate has been below the ‘natural’ level for four months now, with no obvious sign of inflation.

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Economic Security

Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

... studies show that when it comes to test scores, graduation rates and college acceptance rates , every race has seen incremental progress but a large ...

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... of 12 months in a 2015 survey, and while teen pregnancy rates have dropped citywide in recent years, they remain high in parts of the city. Teen pregnancy rates in the Bronx are the highest in the state, the...

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

... cancer and flu—Latinos, as a whole, have lower death rates . The city periodically issues reports examining ...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... seven individual income-tax brackets to three — with tax rates of 12, 25, and 35 percent — while leaving open the ...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs.

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Workforce Development

New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends

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11/15/2017

... of the ACA were implemented. Within New York, uninsured rates declined more than 40% for most racial groups, age ... The snapshot also compares New York and national trends in rates of uninsurance and type of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Report Names Traffic Injuries Leading Killer of Children and Young People

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12/14/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Report Names Traffic Injuries Leading Killer of Children and Young People Report says there are 1.35 million annual traffic deaths worldwide. A person dies every 24 seconds from a traffic-related...

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