Max Marmor Announces Retirement from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Release Date:
03/06/2023
... to supplement their academic training with hands-on experience at museum conservation centers. The Kress Board of ...
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Nov
2013
Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
... 16 indicators ranging from pre-school enrollment to high school graduation, from volunteerism to Internet access. ... conversation. We hope you will join us to learn more about how the Opportunity Index can...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site
Release Date:
09/01/2014
... It will focus on three areas: K-12 academic standards, high -quality charter schools, and how best to hold teachers and schools accountable for ...
In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality
Release Date:
07/06/2016
... season gets into full swing, consider, for instance, how a plum internship may alter a young person’s career ... pay the bills, others can afford to accept unpaid jobs at high -profile organizations, setting...
Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... 16 percent of public schools serving both minority and high poverty students. A Supreme Court decision a decade ago ... segregation. Now, a Penn State researcher is looking at how student assignment policies...
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... an unusual promise: Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few months and join the high -paying digital economy. Students and their hopeful ...
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... alive then. Many teachers now struggle with whether and how to teach the attacks and their aftermath. According to ... in depth about the events of that fateful day in their high school social studies...
Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success? How much sleep do you get each night during the school year? ... Sleep a Little Later,” Aaron E. Carroll writes: Many high -school-age children across the...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness
Release Date:
05/26/2015
... diabetic retinopathy, but they don’t work for all patients A study using patient samples, human cells and mice ...
04
Nov
2015
Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... impacted low-income young adults who do not graduate from high school or pursue post-secondary education. The quality of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders based on ... that focus on...
MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program
Release Date:
09/18/2015
... Act® will feature a “Be the Change” segment on how corporate America is empowering people to build better ... “Providing quality, affordable financial tools and know- how for those in need ”...
Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund
Release Date:
05/02/2019
... going to college within six months of graduation after high school is 70 percent. For Native American and Alaska ... is divided into four components working with students. The High School Admissions Pathway...
The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth
Release Date:
03/31/2014
... ages 16-24 develop the workplace skills and leadership experience they will need to secure jobs and begin developing career paths. The ...
Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... investing. I’ve been privileged to have the unique experience in my professional life of spanning different ... directed towards solutions. It’s clear we desperately need new ways to solve old problems…...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... students with the tools, skills, and experiences they need for positions in museums, libraries, and other research ...
New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech
Release Date:
05/05/2017
The New York Stem Cell Foundation's $22 million, 40,000-square-foot headquarters on West 54th Street, which opened last month, represents founder and CEO Susan L. Solomon's grand effort to turn the Far West Side into the city's newest biotech hub.
We’re Not Just Fighting the Good Fight
Release Date:
09/22/2014
... in its public policy work. With limited staff and resources , we choose our issues carefully based on their ...
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... achieve a breakthrough like the Empire State Building, we need to fundamentally change the underlying practices we use ... grantees, programs, and systems we seek to change. We need to become far more outside...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Areas
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... of some zero-sum game. In fact, both imperatives – the need to raise living standards for the poor and the need to transition the planet to a zero- or low-carbon future ...
Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation
Release Date:
09/08/2016
... with Carnegie Visiting Media Fellow Gail Ablow to discuss how foundations can support voting rights litigation. Gail ... know who will take which cases, in which places. Ablow: How do donor collaboratives make...