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14 Apr 2010

Accountability: Judging Students, Judging Teachers

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... data-driven systems improve student achievement and reward excellent teaching ? New York uses standardized tests to measure ... students to pass Regents exams to graduate from high school . The...

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Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance - Presentation

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06/2018

View materials of the program " Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance "

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Sepi Sepasi Joins Mellon as Chief Financial Officer

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05/05/2022

... Finance and Administration at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “With her enduring commitment to the power of learning and her profoundly humanistic approach and ... As Interim Vice...

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5/20/2015 - Should we be Afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy - Webinar Recording

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05/2015

View materials and the recording of the webinar, "Should we be Afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy."

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Launch a Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction

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02/23/2017

... hundreds of millions of people in some of the world’s developing countries who depend on reefs for their ... enough coral to ensure the re-establishment of coral reef resources in a climate-stable future. As...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

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10/05/2018

... tool with related research and scholarly programming to advance the field of Plant Humanities. To this end, the Foundation has awarded JSTOR a grant of $750,000 for developing a digital tool, with a parallel...

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Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D. Announced as New President and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation

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11/08/2021

... donors, incredible grantees, and Brooklyn communities to advance racial justice and community-led change in the ... in Non-Profit Executive Leadership from the Business School at Columbia University. She is a...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... such as how to effectively train and support public school principals , Miller says. The foundation identifies ...

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Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students

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06/03/2014

... classroom, and create systems for improving the quality of teaching day-in and day-out. That approach is the inverse of ... reform movement associated with former Washington, D.C. school superintendent...

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JooYeun Chang to Be Next Program Director for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Child Well-Being Program

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06/14/2022

... capacity, Chang oversaw all federal programs intended to advance the economic and social well-being of families, ... Administration in February 2021, Chang oversaw the State of Michigan’s child welfare system...

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The Esteé Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign Global Ambassadors Elizabeth Hurley And William P. Lauder to Light the Empire State Pink in Honor of 25th Anniversary

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09/29/2017

... Elizabeth Hurley And William P. Lauder to Light the Empire State Pink in Honor of 25th Anniversary This year, The ... P. Lauder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Empire State Realty Trust, Anthony E...

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... process, trust the strongest organizations, and devote resources to helping all the nonprofits we support thrive and ... able to expand from working in a set of neighborhoods to developing connections...

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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

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05/19/2015

... team-teach courses. And even faculty members interested in developing such curricula in the face of resource constraints ... decision making. And finally, institutions must find the resources to enable faculty...

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The Teagle Foundation

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... males and 78 percent of white males graduate from high school in four years. To place this data in context, it is ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources in advocacy; in...

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

... leaders who work across America, then share what we’re learning and connect other grant makers to vital new ideas. ... spaces that nurture a sense of shared community and help advance a forward-thinking...

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Open Society Foundations to close OSI-Baltimore after 25 years; will invest $20 million to seed the future of social justice philanthropy

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02/16/2023

... In keeping with Open Society’s legacy in Baltimore, the resources will enable OSI to make final investments in the ... movement-based organizations in Baltimore and across the state of Maryland have the...

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Open Society Shapes Leadership Team to Steer Global Priorities

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11/18/2021

... will guide Open Society’s work at the global level to advance democratic freedoms and ensure accountability for ... work on Expression that effectively leverages our resources to foster vibrant public debate,...

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Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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01/15/2014

... Policy at Maimonides Medical Center, a 705-bed nonprofit teaching hospital in Brooklyn, where she developed programs ... M.D. Haslanger earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School and an M.C.R.P. from Harvard...

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