Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
... Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance ...
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Pershing Square Foundation Grant Will Help Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance
Release Date:
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...
D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... Education Fund, which was created in 2007 to support reform efforts in the public school system. At least $ 7 ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models
Release Date:
11/11/2015
... the education sector to integrate the elements of school reform , deepen learning about what works, and expand public ...
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
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...
Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise
Release Date:
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,...
UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide
Release Date:
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...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
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...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows
Release Date:
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...
Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/20/2019
... on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Bristo’ s perspective will be critical as the Ford Foundation carries ...
American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named
Release Date:
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...
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
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...
Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?
Release Date:
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’...
Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries
Release Date:
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...
Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness
Release Date:
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...
Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier
Release Date:
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...
Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
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...
Report Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Smoking Still Kills Many Every Year
Release Date:
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...
Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States
Release Date:
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...
NYSHealth 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Fund Request for Proposals Available The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2018 Special Projects Fund ... a proposed project fits the funding criteria. There are two funding cycles for the Special...