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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Education

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Pershing Square Foundation Grant Will Help Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance

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05/12/2015

... As a nationwide, bi-partisan push is underway to reform the broken criminal justice system, The Pershing ... justice systems across the country. Distinct to MFJ' s work is that it collects and analyzes...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Justice Reform

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... Education Fund, which was created in 2007 to support reform efforts in the public school system. At least $ 7 ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... the education sector to integrate the elements of school reform , deepen learning about what works, and expand public ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

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03/28/2017

... the Trump Administration and Ways & Means Chairman Brady are intent on including a repeal of the Johnson Amendment in tax reform legislation. Philanthropy New York spoke with key ... official position on...

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Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

... about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction. U. S . Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) last week introduced ... and $4,200 for married couples. Under the Republican tax reform framework released last month,...

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

... this crucial role across the four mainstream movements— Reform , Reconstructionist, Conservative and Orthodox—and ... management and leadership authority. Executive directors are also pressed to manage many key...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients

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02/26/2019

... watchdog journalism in the backyards of America' s statehouses, The Chronicle of Social Change is proud to ... the implementation of the state' s major youth justice reform...

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Justice Reform

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

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04/03/2019

... and now senior advisor for Arizona State University’ s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on a recently instituted partnership with James Turrell’ s Roden Crater. Each fellow serves for a period of 12...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

... on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Bristo’ s perspective will be critical as the Ford Foundation carries ...

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American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named

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02/18/2016

... cohort of arts administrators has been selected. NYFA’ s Emerging Leaders Boot Camp is a free leadership development ... NYFA firmly believes that through this program, we make an investment in the cultural...

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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

Each year, some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before they reach age 18—the age the ... but all too often the devastating effects on girls’ health , education, earning power and independence are...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants? Older Americans receive prescriptions for mental health medications at more than twice the rate that younger ... finds. The worry of previous decades—that America’...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

... on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U. S . Faced with physician shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems around the world are increasingly...

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

... of Effectiveness The majority of the alcohol industry’ s actions around the world to reduce drinking and driving ... been studied, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests...

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

Aetna’ s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier A major public- health organization and a local government group are teaming up with Aetna to pursue a lofty goal: a rise in...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

... Conservancy, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’ s Board of Directors, effective April 2017. Between 2011 and ... of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing on global health partnerships, and launched...

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Report Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Smoking Still Kills Many Every Year

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04/06/2017

... place in four countries: China, India, Russia and the U. S . The study used over 2,818 pieces of research identified through several sources, including the Global Health Data Exchange ( http://ghdx.healthdata...

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Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States

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09/07/2017

Senate’ s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States ... While Congress was busy bickering over repealing the health law, officials in red and blue states worked ... from the “disaster” President...

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