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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... financing to be channeled into projects to redesign American high schools. That was the big news from the ... saturated with high-flown visions from policymakers, teachers , entrepreneurs, philanthropists and...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... one near the transition to high school and African American students were more likely to enroll in college seven ... in the environment exist to help propel them forward: teachers noticing their potential more...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Philanthropic & Social Enterprise Leader Betsy Fader Joins Surdna Foundation

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02/18/2016

... technology to enhance the interactions among students, teachers and parents so that all students can succeed. Betsy joins ...

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More Nonprofits Seek to Improve Management Practices

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05/19/2014

... outcomes tracking systems that make it easy for parents , teachers and community members to track the progress of ... diverse and responsive organizational practices; human resources ;...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... role in reaching grieving children at school, including teachers , administrators, principals, school psychologists, ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

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10/05/2018

... a digital tool informed by the insights and needs of teachers and students as well as librarians and technical ... contextualize, and disseminate existing digitized resources with new primary source material...

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EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

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01/13/2022

... the pedagogical and psychosocial abilities of teachers and equipping students with important life skills. ... in Action programme, documenting its impact on students, teachers , parents , and...

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... black and Latino boys develop better relationships with teachers , according to new research. The exercises also ... class sessions early in sixth or seventh grade reduced teacher reports of discipline issues—...

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Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools

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08/05/2014

... start-up that is cultivating the next generation of American leaders, with particular attention to young people ... as well as greatly enhanced professional development of teachers and school leaders...

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Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

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01/15/2019

... $100,000 to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) for a major Oscar Howe retrospective ... student of Dorothy Dunn, an influential non-Native teacher who developed and promoted rigid...

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16 Feb 2012

The Art of Inclusion: New Approaches and Innovative Funding Streams for Access to the Arts

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12:00pm to 5:00pm

... some of the latest innovations in funding efforts. Survey results of a national study that offers “best ... , The HSC Foundation , Art Beyond Sight , and the American Foundation for the Blind . Presenters .....

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

... A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help Parents , teachers and students streamed into the library of Palo ...

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20 Mar 2019

Collaborative Grantmaking for Early Childhood: The Raising Childcare Fund - A Webinar Hosted by the NY Funders Alliance

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... invest in groups that will broaden and strengthen parent, teacher and caregiver voices for access to affordable, high ...

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The Helmsley Charitable Trust Appoints Kevin Cavanaugh Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Ryan Kelsey Program Officer for New Programs

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01/01/2013

... the firm’s global business development staff and resources . Prior to joining Davis Polk, Mr. Cavanaugh was the ... served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Instructor at Teachers College and New York...

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28 Aug 2019

Building Relationships to Advance Systems Change - A Webinar Hosted by FSG

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3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Principal I.A., I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus Tanisha Franks, Teacher and Educational Liaison - Staten Island, United Federation of Teachers Scott McReynolds, Executive Director, Housing ...

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Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... $2 million to New Leaders to help train principals and teachers . The funding is something of a departure for ... focused on boosting the skills of thousands of principals, teacher coaches and teachers...

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Producers and Speakers: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... to Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream and The Covenant with Black America . She ... of the Connecticut State Department of Education. He was a teacher , assistant principal and...

Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/29/2017

... way. A self-sufficient and successful couple—a teacher and a judge—suddenly found their world turned ... neither benefiting from nor contributing to the local economy ... Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... Honor High School Math and Science Educators A science teacher helping students study the East River, a ... mathematician teaching immigrants in the South Bronx and a teacher who raised test scores despite...

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