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Salesforce Announces Work.com For Schools and $20 Million to Help Schools Reopen Safely and Support Student Learning Anywhere

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08/11/2020

... return to campus safely, facilitate communication between teachers and families at scale, and support students ... classrooms, placing incredible strain on already limited resources . For children, the pandemic...

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Disaster Relief

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The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/16/2020

... and learning mindsets and students’ perceptions of teacher expectations. The findings will help create and test ... of chronic absenteeism are 2–3 times higher for African American students, students with...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

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04/06/2022

... H.E.A.L Together, its multiracial movement of students, parents and educators. “Our social justice movements are ... should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against these...

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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06/11/2015

... Dr. Fulmer brings experience as a nurse, researcher, teacher , administrator, and innovator to her new position, ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

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09/04/2015

... In January 1994, a suburban St. Louis high school history teacher , Rodney Wilson, suggested that LGBT history — like women’s history and African- American history — needed a month devoted to its study. But ...

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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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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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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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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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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Mellon Foundation

Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity

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09/01/2016

... the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity For American families earning less than $40,000 per year, ... Around 17.4 million American families report inadequate resources to provide...

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Food Systems

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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International/Foreign Affairs

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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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16 Feb 2012

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

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -

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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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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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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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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