Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care
Release Date:
04/15/2016
... to Give End-of-Life Care Nearly all doctors believe it’ s important to talk with patients about the care they want in ...
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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
... Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’ s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced ... fund researchers working on ways to improve the brain’ s ability to take information...
NoVo Foundation to Support Food Sovereignty Assessments in Native American Communities
Release Date:
06/23/2016
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it has received a $480,000 grant from the NoVo Foundation.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing .....
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning. They went back to the drawing board—and ...
Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Kalief Browder' s Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail Three thousand ... Last Friday his mother, Venida, who was fighting for the system to pay for what it did to her son, fell victim to it ... they...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy' s role in K-12 education these days, so often it' s the big reform funders who get all the .....
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient
Release Date:
12/07/2016
... cannot—firsthand insights into how aspects of the health system and a person’ s life affect their health care experiences. Common themes ...
Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools
Release Date:
03/08/2017
... is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’ s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices are heard in major ...
Editorial: Falls Water Board Must Get A Handle On Its Procedures And Discharges
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... into the Niagara River near the base of one of the world’ s most iconic tourist attractions. The release occurred as ...
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 ... ceaseless chaos in Washington. The result is an Obamacare system that’ s still vulnerable, but far from the “disaster”...
Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... isn’t until November, Gonzalez, who won Tuesday’ s Democratic primary handily, faces no opponent in that race. ... the country, would oversee the Brooklyn criminal justice system . . . Opinion: After Primary...
Mayor Targets 14,500 Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... a mandate Thursday that would force some of the city' s most inefficient buildings to curb their greenhouse gas ... to 14,500 private and municipal buildings, which the mayor' s office says accounts...
Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... haven’t given up on changing the American health care system ,” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority ...
De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... after a medical leave. “When I sign things, I guess it’ s one less word I have to write,” Sapienza, who started as ... engineer 34 years ago with the agency that runs the city’ s water and sewer systems,...
City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... to get naloxone and creates a central ordering system that can get the drug to them in as little as a day. . ...
Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system in Delaware—where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested ... approved until an attorney has explained the defendant’ s rights... Delaware Juvenile...
Why Bloomberg Philanthropies Focuses on Teacher Salaries as A Key Component to Education Reform
Release Date:
04/30/2018
When Bloomberg Philanthropies looks for school systems around the country to support, one of the factors it examines is teacher salaries. Districts that refuse to pay their teachers adequately aren't well-positioned to raise student achievement...
Riverside Park Conservancy Receives Grant for Park Management Technology from Booth Ferris Foundation
Release Date:
08/08/2019
... general repairs. The aim is that the project management system will help improve accountability for both the Parks ...
Arlene Rodriguez Selected for Noyes Foundation Board
Release Date:
07/02/2012
... for the leadership, marketing and management of its core program areas. Prior to GLSEN, she oversaw Living Cities' ... management and evaluation work, and led the organization' s external...