Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
... from the Century Foundation, which describes itself as a " progressive , nonpartisan think tank" aimed at reducing .....
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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools
Release Date:
08/29/2017
In the Capital Region's three major cities, school districts continue to see stubborn disparities between black and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers when it comes to reading and math.
Audacious Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century.
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... and hatred. But even though New York City is seen as a progressive place, we must not let this reputation blindside ...
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Closing the gender gap in agriculture, meanwhile, could have an even more profound impact on families and productivity in the developing world.
7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week
Release Date:
09/25/2017
No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global development calendar.
The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The rates hookworm infection found in Lowndes County, AL—one of the poorest counties in the state, three-quarters of whose residents are African-American (as were all of those tested in the study)—have not improved much from levels a century ago.
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many countries are neglecting to even measure their progress, the World Bank warned in its flagship annual economic development...
Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... president, might bolster the case. Ravitch, an education progressive known for her scathing opposition to test-based ...
The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000
Release Date:
01/16/2018
The $740,000 in new nonprofit grants by the Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust will help kick off education advocacy campaigns statewide.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services
Release Date:
07/13/2018
For more than two decades, experts have warned that Medicare relies far too heavily on recommendations submitted by the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when setting payment amounts for different physicians...
New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
01/29/2019
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have discovered a genetic biomarker that is associated with age-related macular...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) has announced a hundred and twenty-seven grants totaling $24 million in support of research focused on defining, measuring, and treating Parkinson's disease. In support of defining and...
New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
Release Date:
03/13/2019
... engagement, and the written word; and the Fostering Progressive Advocacy Foundation , which works to build the ...
Estée Lauder Names Bari Seiden-Young Svp, Global Corporate Communications, Citizenship and Sustainability
Release Date:
04/15/2019
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has announced the promotion of Bari Seiden-Young to the role of senior vice president, global corporate communications, citizenship and sustainability.
The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/14/2021
Grants aim to counter vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, increase voter engagement, bridge the digital divide, and more.
Championing Colombia’s LGBTI Movement: Latest Report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Release Date:
02/18/2021
The LGBTI Movement’s Spiral Trajectory: From Peace Processes to Legal and Juridical Gains and Back Again, a case study of Colombia’s LGBTI movement.
Kristen M. Ruff
... ties across the sector. As a member of the senior leadership team, Kristen helps develop and implement PNY’s ... key support to PNY members and leads the organization’s leadership development programming and...
Tides Names Judith Hill CFO
Release Date:
04/01/2013
... has a proven track record of financial acumen and leadership ,” said Melissa Bradley, Tides CEO. “She brings ... to have her join us.” Hill has held senior financial leadership positions at the Excel Group, the...