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New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx

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04/29/2016

... Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, Teaching Matters brought its program to improve reading ... schools in the Bronx, including P.S. 94, an elementary school in the Bronx. “It’s like going for...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

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06/07/2016

... issues such as preschool equity, charter schools, and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits from school psychologists, and more wraparound services...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Guide to Help Primary Care Practices Integrate Behavioral Health Services

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06/07/2016

... to track and make progress at their own speed based on resources and practice structure. The eight domains around ... Performing Provider Systems operating as part of New York State ’s Delivery System Reform...

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NYC Education Dept. Must Make School Cafeteria Health Inspection Results Public

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09/14/2017

NYC Education Dept. Must Make School Cafeteria Health Inspection Results Public New York City will soon have to post school cafeteria health inspection reports online for public ... website must post the results...

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UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School

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09/07/2016

... for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to- School About 200 volunteers of all ages came together last ... for Success program to fill backpacks with donated school supplies destined for local...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... are often drawn to for-profit trade schools after high school , seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new ...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year Increases in overweight and obesity rates among ... children occur during summer vacations, not during the school year, according to new research...

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

... can benefit students and is considered one remedy to school segregation. . . Diverse Charter Schools In New York ...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found. In all, 28.3 ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'

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06/24/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton' The Rockefeller Foundation ... says it is giving $6 million to help 100,000 inner city school children across...

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in the country — an issue that has attracted growing attention and advocacy.

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s ... these kids are getting,” Fariña said, praising the school ’s new vocational program in digital media. “It’s .....

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children's Villages, ... system has experienced significant growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the...

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When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

When Integrating A School , Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? ... If the request is approved, $120 million will go to school districts for programs intended to make their schools ... income, not race...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/20/2012

... over recent years many have come to believe that our excellent health professions education system is more focused ... calls for, among other things, a national clearinghouse of resources on interprofessional...

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

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03/08/2014

After- School All-Stars has received a $4 million grant from the New ... six U.S. cities, reports Philanthropy News Digest. After- School All-Stars, a national nonprofit that provides ... New York Life Foundation...

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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

Foundations like Carnegie Corporation of New York and Open Society are major supporters of these small high school programs.

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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

... officials said the 5,161 homeless students being taken to school in buses represent a nearly 77% increase over last ...

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New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students

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09/20/2017

New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students Just days into the new school year, there are already problems with the food served ... But now, there is word of two troubling reports...

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