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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

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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International/Foreign Affairs

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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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Fund for the City of New York

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Unfilled In New York City Hundreds of schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, ... Still, they indicate a critical need for special-education teachers and...

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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...

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

... Latino, and other minority males into the classroom as teachers . The federal Education Department has endorsed ... increased recruitment and support of Black and Latino male teachers , concerned that less than...

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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01/21/2021

... Health Team to launch this evidence-based model for all parents who deliver at Capital Health, where most women in ... for more than 500 school administrators, staff and teachers in trauma-informed and healing...

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Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity: Core Concepts in Capacity Building

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09/2016

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26 Oct 2011

Everything You Need to Know You Learned Before Kindergarten: Ready for Kindergarten/Ready for Life

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... physical and mental health needs; and inform and engage parents and whole families as teaching and learning ... Why is early childhood education so important? How can parents , teachers ,...

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The Markle Foundation, Colorado Governor and 20 States Launch the Skillful State Network

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02/14/2018

... demonstrate or obtain the skills needed for good digital economy jobs. The Network marks the national expansion of ... a skills-based labor market. The Playbook offers tools and resources jointly developed by...

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With Greater Commitment, Funders Can Solve the Healthcare Workforce Crisis

Release Date:

10/26/2016

... nursing faculty are over age 50. [5] There are too few teachers to prepare the next generation of nurses – a ... of State Nursing Workforce Centers 2013 National Workforce Survey of RNs 5, 6 American...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

4/29/2015 - Can Capacity Building Impact Be Quantitatively Assessed? Lessons from an Emerging Evaluation Method - Webinar Recording

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04/2015

View materials and the recording of the webinar, " Can Capacity Building Impact Be Quantitatively Assessed? Lessons from an Emerging Evaluation Method ."

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All Funders

15 Mar 2010

NYS Education Commissioner David Steiner: A Conversation about Teaching Effectiveness

Monday, March 15, 2010 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... At Hunter, he helped build a dynamic and diverse teacher preparation program for public school teachers and principals, one that markedly strengthened the ... He also led a national partnership that created a...

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Fifth Grader Recognized as Financial Expert, Thanks to SIFMA Foundation

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03/13/2015

... 25, Jack Nixon, of Northport, along with his computing teacher , Lauren LeMieux, were recognized after Jack placed ...

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Former Arcus Foundation E.D. Named Tenement Museum President

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06/15/2017

... Named Tenement Museum President Kevin Jennings, a history teacher turned nonprofit leader who is also a former Obama ...

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Arts

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Long Game: Inside the Carnegie Corporation’s Quest to Improve Science Education

Release Date:

02/20/2019

... the City of New York. “The quality of the curriculum a teacher is working with makes a difference,” said Jim ... Advance Learning portfolio. “We know that the quality of teacher matters. We know that having a...

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2017 NoVo Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund Award Winners Announced

Release Date:

07/17/2017

... Social Emotional Learning Innovation Awards. Nearly 500 teachers and over 300 districts across the country applied ... Innovation Fund offered up to $5,000 grant awards for teacher -led projects and $25,000...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars

Release Date:

03/17/2021

... of California, Merced) will study unaccompanied Central American and Mexican immigrant youth's ties to their families ... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for...

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As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

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12/19/2012

... track.” Not long thereafter, I was meeting with parents in the Mississippi Delta, talking about the so-called ... The hearing was a step towards schools with the tools, resources and training to create...

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

Release Date:

09/10/2014

... just about young people. A new nationally representative survey by the Federal Reserve found that a quarter of all ... of their income. A recent blog post by the Center for American Progress noted that for...