Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... links to the Buffett family will share the rest: Buffett's education -focused charity, which is named after his late wife .....
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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients
Release Date:
12/09/2016
The U.S. healthcare system is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, behavioral, and social services they need to manage their conditions and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief...
Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... while states struggle to provide adequate funding for education ? Despite the deep political divisions laid bare by ...
Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project
Release Date:
01/12/2017
The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.
Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature
Release Date:
02/17/2017
The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention in a nation where racial equality in the basic institutions of civic life — schools, housing, health care, policing — remains elusive.
Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health
Release Date:
03/17/2017
... opportunities for all Americans—regardless of income, education or ethnic background—to take an active role in ...
Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding
Release Date:
03/17/2017
Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan Congress created the national arts and humanities endowments, no president has called for their elimination -- until now. We should pause and think about what our country would be like in their absence.
George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... for all of our fellow citizens, including strong public education from pre-K to college. And, we need to invest in ...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... Century Foundation and a former Deputy Undersecretary of Education under Obama, where he was responsible for ...
Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... overall economy would be much stronger if barriers in education , health and housing that adversely affect black ...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program
Release Date:
04/27/2017
... the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education , today announced that they have received a $33,000 ...
Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... practice essential legal skills as part of their clinical education ... Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From ...
Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary
Release Date:
06/06/2017
... working through litigation, public policy advocacy, and education to secure legally recognized fundamental rights for ...
Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... cuts to the nation’s most effective health, nutrition, education , and disability programs, eviscerating benefits ...
Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration quietly announced a policy reversal: In the coming year, schools will once again be forced to hire teachers that no other school has wanted to hire.
Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... with 500. The top three industries that added jobs were: education and health services, with 1,700; health care and ...
High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... explored how smart investments in health, empowerment, education and employment can reduce vulnerability and support ...
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...
After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on ...
City to Expand 3-K Program to 6 New Neighborhoods
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... City Hall on Thursday announced plans to expand its pre-K education program for 3-year-olds in six new neighborhoods ...