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Wil Priester joins Arabella Advisors as CFO; Shelley Whelpton to Lead Arabella Advisors' Mid-Atlantic Practice

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10/15/2013

... strong team as we continue to provide our clients with excellent service." "I am excited to join the gifted team ... and is a co-founder and former board member of a K-8 school . He has a B.S. in...

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Ellen Meltzer Joins the Schott Foundation as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

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09/25/2015

... efforts with philanthropic partners, help leverage resources for grantee partners and support other efforts to ... identifying, recruiting, and managing talented staff, and developing and sustaining...

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Reimagining Early-Warning Systems for At-Risk Students in NYC High Schools

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03/2013

Susan Fairchild of New Visions for Public Schools discusses how policymakers and educators are rethinking how to measure what matters when it comes to college and career readiness for New York students.

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It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City

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09/18/2017

It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City It's officially a very busy time of year for New York City's eighth graders. The high school admissions season is revving up, and families had a...

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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

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09/07/2017

New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students Lunch at New York City public schools will be ... free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school year, Carmen Fariña, the schools...

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

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09/26/2017

... 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 school year, and Mr. de Blasio...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

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10/14/2016

Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration A study released ... a think tank focused on inequity, found that 100 school districts and charter schools across...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

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09/15/2017

That has been the mission of the Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so seniors who have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on public records requests and...

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Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs

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02/09/2016

... As the city faces increasing pressure to promote school diversity, a new report shows that more districts ... districts and charter networks now have at least one school that factors socioeconomic status into...

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year. Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting for Manhattan’s Public ...

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What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?

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09/27/2017

The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City.

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

... 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 ‘do school differently’ they will provide...

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Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year

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09/21/2017

... Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year As the person responsible for 1.1 million ... put during Fariña’s tenure. As Fariña’s fourth school year kicks off, here’s what her core group...

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KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse

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09/28/2017

KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse A prominent New York City charter school network announced on Wednesday that it was opening an ... set by many private schools, including...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education. The new ...

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Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District

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08/14/2013

... of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond. An unusual partnership involving Goldman Sachs, a school district in Utah, and several community...

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School Police: What’s Their Role? How Should They Treat Students?

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02/08/2017

School Police: What’s Their Role? How Should They Treat Students? In Minnesota, the St. Paul school district revamped its school policing program to focus less on enforcement and more ...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

As part of his promise launch 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a 50-member advisory board to help implement the plan.

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

... Watchdog More than half of the city’s 1.1 million public school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a ... expected to be phased out entirely, it may further strain school buildings, the report...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

Charter- School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at ... with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have ... image and plot a...

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