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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

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03/05/2013

The state Education Department has received applications to open ... of four charter high schools, The Post has learned. The state Education Department has received applications to open ...

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Open Society Foundations

02 Nov 2012

Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Successful Learning Communities

Friday, November 2, 2012 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... an interview with participants and leaders of one of the learning communities featured in their forthcoming ... highlight the grantmaker’s role in supporting successful learning communities, as well as key...

Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters: Lessons learned at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Publication date:

03/2012

... provides recent thinking from more than two decades of learning . Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters: Lessons ...

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Disaster Relief

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Funds New Medical School Curriculum

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05/01/2018

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Funds New Medical School Curriculum As the Ohio University Heritage College of ... of a major grant to train faculty in improved teamwork teaching practices. The two-year, $299,272 award...

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NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration

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06/30/2016

NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder ... of them shut out of health coverage. For the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), it also represents a ... the Obama...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship

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07/08/2016

Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship The University of North Carolina at ... launch and develop the DisTIL (Discovery Through Iterative Learning ) Fellowship program. The grant builds...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

27 Oct 2021

Beyond the Classroom: How Sports and Arts Support Social Emotional Learning

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... are also quite effective in fostering social-emotional learning (SEL) competency growth in their participants. ... Classroom: How Sports and Arts Support Social Emotional Learning ...

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Evaluation

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers

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07/24/2017

Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers ... the need for more women in STEM careers by reaching middle- school girls through a three-week summer learning...

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Gender Justice

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Verizon

Opinion: Teaching Our Children Democracy

Release Date:

11/28/2017

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Children, Youth and Families

An ‘Uncommon’ Program to Diversify Teaching Staff

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08/21/2018

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Education

08 Nov 2017

Social Impact Means Investing in Leadership: Successful Models featuring Echoing Green and King Baudouin Foundation’s 2017 African Development Prize Winners

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and context for this conversation is Africa, the ideas, learning , and examples shared on how donors can best support ...

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Tools & Strategies

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International/Foreign Affairs

20 Jul 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 1)

Thursday, July 20, 2017 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

... national speakers. Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the ... peers, and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. Research...

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Children, Youth and Families

From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

Release Date:

01/15/2015

... (FAO) estimates that up to a third of food grown in developing countries is lost before it reaches consumers. ... sector offers particularly valuable lessons to other developing regions, including Africa,...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... , Distinguished Lecturer, Baruch College - School of Public Affairs Designed for All funders and other ... with Daphne Foundation New World Foundation Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah...

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Gender Justice

The School That Will Get You a Job

Release Date:

02/13/2014

... graduates with a promise of a $40,000-plus job at IBM, the school 's corporate partner and a key developer of its ... modern-day Ikea catalog. It's also the name of a new high school on Chicago's...

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Education

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

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05/21/2018

... vulnerable students and their families with community resources , has gotten a big investment from a sun-setting ... made by changing how schools operate to create a stronger teaching corps and empowered...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

Release Date:

01/08/2016

... Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning The Ford Foundation today announced the ... Rothenberg as director of its new office of Strategy and Learning . Led by Rothenberg—who will...

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Dr. Meredith Woocher joins Covenant Foundation staff as Director of Learning

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02/07/2023

... Woocher joins Covenant Foundation staff as Director of Learning Dear Covenant Community, We are delighted to ... has joined The Covenant Foundation staff as Director of Learning . Bringing Meredith on board is...