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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

... in the midst of a citywide surge in student homelessness. Education Department officials said it will cost the city $17 ...

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Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids

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09/11/2017

... of being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’ s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or ... what should nonprofit employees and their clients do if U. S . Immigration and Customs...

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

New York’ s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a ... prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’ s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to ...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter ... to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-leaning education -focused think tank, in a...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the ...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

More Than Half of City' s 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog More ... group Class Size Matters. Despite the Department of Education ’ s addition of more seats and new...

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Nearly Two Dozen Teachers at Brooklyn’s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G

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09/25/2017

Nearly Two Dozen Teachers at Brooklyn’ s New American Academy Taking Pay Cuts Of Up to $50G That' s gotta hurt. Nearly two dozen teachers at Brooklyn’ s New ... Academy took pay cuts, some...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... didn't narrow the inequality gap: The share of U. S . income held by the top 1 percent of households reached 24 .....

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Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project

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10/03/2017

The Kessler Foundation, of East Hanover, NJ, has just awarded Reeves-Reed Arboretum a grant for $8,000 towards the completion of the first phase of this ambitious project.

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

... that seek to safely reduce prison populations, strengthen education and employment opportunities for formerly ...

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Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

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12/01/2017

... which helped address changing dynamics in health, higher education , finance, social services, and culture. Laura ...

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Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... the 2015 law —the United States’ primary K–12 education investment—is fully underway. Now that all fifty ... equity should keep close eye on ways that ESSA’ s structure creates new, unforeseen challenges for...

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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

... and forge the partnerships needed to succeed. “Steve’ s substantial expertise in transforming sectors through ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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On Shaky Ground: Stabilizing the Financial Security of Single Women - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... that made progress on combating discrimination in higher education , housing, access to home and business credit and ... overlooked in income-focused discussions of women’ s economic security. Join us for this...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Participants of 'Untraditional' Artist Residency Program

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04/17/2013

... Foundation (DDCF) announced today that 10 teams of U. S . performing arts organizations and artists will receive a ...

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MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

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10/28/2013

PND reported on the MetLife Foundation' s five-year, $200 million campaign to bring financial ... Initiatives Support Corporation, Pro Mujer, and Women' s World Banking. The foundation also plans to...

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Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project

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11/29/2013

... of childhood bereavement and the need for children' s grief support services. 24 In conjunction with Children' s Grief Awareness Day, the Moyer and the New York Life ... of childhood bereavement and...

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

... Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus Foundation’ s latest effort in support of gay and lesbian issues began ... speaks to a bubbling uncertainty among the movement’ s philanthropic vanguard. After a...

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Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations

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03/12/2015

Nonprofit Finance Fund has received a $485,000 planning grant for the first year of the project, focused on the development of a multi-phased, comprehensive initiative to help small-to-midsize arts organizations navigate, adapt and thrive amid ever-...

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