NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... the immensely popular classes and schools that draw high achievers but have been criticized as shutting out ...
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On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... Philanthropy that safeguarding reproductive rights will be high on her agenda, especially in the wake of two Supreme ...
MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... (AGRA) effort to improve markets, soils, and access to high -yield crop varieties for the smallholder farmers, ...
State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage
Release Date:
02/05/2015
... wage, overtime pay or fringe benefits reached an all-time high last year, with $30.2 million disbursed to about 27,000 ...
Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya
Release Date:
02/17/2015
... million effort to improve a million lives by connecting high -potential but disadvantaged youth in Africa to ...
WSJ Seeks PNY Comment on Geffen $100 Million Gift to Lincoln Center
Release Date:
03/04/2015
... $100 million gift is likely be a beacon for other high -profile donors, said Michael Hamill Remaley, senior vice ...
AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers
Release Date:
04/21/2015
... and disease prevention. Every year, AXA awards 52 high school seniors - one from each state, plus Washington, ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure
Release Date:
04/24/2015
... about the industry’s excessive capital spending on high -cost, carbon intensive projects such as Arctic drilling, ...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears
Release Date:
05/08/2015
... (RT-PCR) assay with a threshold value of 18.7 -- a " high burden of viable EBOV," Varkey wrote.... Research to .....
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/11/2015
... the Weinberg Foundation created the initiative to create high -quality summer programs that blend academic learning ...
Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN
Release Date:
05/26/2015
... (Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Award) and Nixa High School GSA, Nixa, Mo. (Gay-Straight Alliance of the Year ...
Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs
Release Date:
02/17/2016
... on the most detailed study to date on the costs of high -quality programs. Now it’s been updated with 2015 ...
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
... Academy Charter School Network Success Academy, the high -performing but polarizing charter school network, said ...
People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg
Release Date:
04/14/2016
Scranton area residents are highly familiar with the good works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, with more than $2 billion in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits annually.
JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... ridership when they are in dense areas, matched with high -comfort bike lanes and connected to transit. These three ...
Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... and only 34% thought that their employers were placing a high priority on putting women in those jobs. No wonder one ...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action
Release Date:
06/24/2016
... are actually inclusive – and not just diverse – the high court ruling is being seen by many higher education and ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study
Release Date:
09/15/2016
... not the sole funder, but was particularly valuable in the high -impact, and frankly, scary, areas of inquiry. Why? The ...
William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans
Release Date:
09/19/2016
... are often drawn to for-profit trade schools after high school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A ...
Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
09/22/2016
... But That Goal Remains A Challenge Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only ...