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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

Release Date:

10/02/2013

... foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative , the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of ... Corporation. “By taking on the challenge to ‘...

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Education

Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy

Release Date:

06/22/2017

... Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative , on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News ... Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative , on Shifting Away from Media-...

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PhilTalks

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Communications/Media

Wallace Foundation Funds Research to Evaluate Public-Private Model in Buffalo Schools

Release Date:

11/03/2015

... at public-private partnerships that aim to bring together resources from government, private and nonprofit ...

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The Wallace Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... fall, a disturbing video took over the Internet: a White school safety officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled a Black, female ... having a food fight in the cafeteria. Of...

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Brooklyn Org

Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

Release Date:

06/01/2017

... Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School Investor George Soros hit back Thursday against ... in defense of the Central European University, a graduate school which Soros founded in 1991 in...

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Open Society Foundations

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

Release Date:

09/13/2017

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department ... leave for New York City schoolteachers. “Public school teachers are our everyday heroes,” said Tong. ... women and...

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Gender Justice

Take Another Look at the Ways Schools Police Gender Norms

Release Date:

12/01/2016

... has often centered on young men’s experiences in the school -to-prison pipeline. In fact, the racial disparity is ... Working Group and Funders of Women and Girls titled “ School Discipline, Pushout and Gender...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Gender Justice

Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... 17 students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the young gunman attended his ... did, but educators everywhere know there are too few resources and supports to address...

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Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders

Release Date:

10/26/2015

Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders After more than a year of deliberations, a set of professional standards for education school leaders are set to head out the door. The...

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The Wallace Foundation

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

Release Date:

09/06/2017

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos Denisse Rojas, a third-year medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on Tuesday took the news ... order in 2012. . ...

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Immigration

New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations

Release Date:

05/12/2015

... anticipated given the changes both at City Hall and in the leadership of the fund. But there also appear to be deeper ...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Pinkerton Foundation

Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process

Release Date:

07/13/2015

... Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process Applying to public high schools ... difficult admissions process. As a result, a number of resources have been developed, from...

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Member News

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Technology

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s boldest education initiative . His Renewal School program, which pledged hundreds of millions of dollars ... the city’s most troubled schools, has entered its fourth...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor ... Philanthropies, announces her latest book, Inequality in School Discipline, that addresses the...

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Member News

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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

Release Date:

12/22/2016

... Philanthropies’ support for the American Talent Initiative (ATI), which announced this month a venture to ...

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Member News

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... will enable 50,925 kids in 153 schools and out of school time youth serving organizations in Southeast Michigan ... and roll out existing services to new schools. Over 1,095 school staff and other youth...

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Salesforce.org Continues Its Commitment to Public Schools

Release Date:

04/09/2018

... of Salesforce employees in Indiana volunteer at the school district, according to the company. Salesforce ... wanted to pilot our program with the San Francisco Unified School District. Two years ago, we...

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03 Apr 2019

Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... leaders are calling for a shift in thinking about school environments, structures, curricula, and relationships ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Panel

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

17 Oct 2019

2020 Election Series: Understanding Issue Advocacy through Interdisciplinary Approaches - Demystifying Canvassing, Organizing, and Ballot Initiatives - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, October 17, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Dana Laurent , Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Tomas Robles Jr. , Co-Executive ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative A new charitable initiative wants to help address the nation’s affordable ... Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing...