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The Wallace Foundation

NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... returns as well,” as it said in a news release. Earning high returns isn’t just a matter of bragging rights — ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

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05/08/2017

... cars, automated minibuses, adorable delivery bots, and high -efficiency trucks. The real story is how much Autonomous ...

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Community Development

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The Aspen Institute

With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... of teaching science is taking shape at Kittatinny Regional High School and its sending districts, steering students away ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... side-by-side, found that nudges often yield particularly high returns at a low cost when it comes to boosting ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable

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07/10/2017

... Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable It's no secret to readers of IP that the Wallace Foundation believes in the importance of high -quality school principals. More than any K-12 funder in...

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

... an agency that had found itself again in turmoil after two high -profile child deaths last year. In one of the deaths, ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families

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08/25/2017

... states were also much less likely to have catastrophically high spending levels. The form of coverage expansion — ...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

... of Harlem, competing against the top player from the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’s best teams. As his team’s No . 1 man, Juan had to tee off in the first group, in front ...

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

... to close Rikers Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some ... resign, weeks after an investigation revealed several high -ranking officials, including Ponte, had...

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Justice Reform

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... in “good” times, like the present, and persists no matter the level of educational attainment. The overall ... whites. The hard truth is that the persistence of twice-as- high joblessness for black workers has...

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Economic Security

Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

For years, Republicans successfully battered Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act.

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Health

Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over

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09/05/2017

... are emblematic of cities. Established corporations and high -flying tech start-ups followed suit. The urban revival ...

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Community Development

Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... schools will once again be forced to hire teachers that no other school has wanted to hire. As a former principal of a high school in the Bronx, I find it hard to imagine receiving ...

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NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

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09/11/2017

... of New Yorkers lacking permanent housing at an all-time high , New York City Mayor de Blasio announced an ambitious ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches

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09/13/2017

Almost seven years after winning high-profile competition, Cornell Tech opens on Roosevelt Island, with 30 faculty members and almost 300 graduate students.

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43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... Says More than 40 percent of the city’s middle and high school students are not getting the sex education ...

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The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers

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09/22/2017

... of the world’s explosion of climate-warping gases, look no further than this visualization of CO2 levels over the ... atmosphere could see jumps in average temperature as high as 6 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit, the...

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

... of Louisiana, would provide extra money for an unnamed “ high -spending low-density state,” a last-minute change ... earlier on Sunday that she would almost certainly vote no . Mr. Cassidy circulated a table on...

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Health

Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

Artists and museums are often in the thick of free speech debates, and in two recent controversies, the protesters seem to be winning.

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