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NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth

Release Date:

09/12/2016

... Learning to NYC Youth Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young ... Fund is making it possible for more than a hundred new teachers -in-training to bring...

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The New York Community Trust

25 Jun 2018

Unpacking Nutrition Education – Why It Matters for NYC Students

Monday, June 25, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Center for Food, Education & Policy, Program in Nutrition, Teachers College Columbia University. Philanthropy New ... operate. How can the funding community best leverage its resources and influence to...

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Children, Youth and Families

Food Systems

Health

Numerous PNY Members Investing in New $31M Living Cities SIB Fund

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, MetLife Inc., Prudential Financial, Robert Wood Johnson ... because repayable capital unlocks significantly more resources available to accelerate,...

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MetLife

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

Release Date:

12/06/2012

... we used to be. I moved from Mexico to New York with my parents when I was six years old. My parents clearly told me that I was undocumented the moment we ... of money unless they are free. School counselors...

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An Interview With Kavitha Mediratta, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Initiative Launched by Atlantic Philanthropies

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02/14/2018

... me into philanthropy. I came to the United States with my parents , who are Indian, when I was three, and we settled in ... interested in racial equity pretty early on. I worked as a teacher and then as an...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Carnegie- Funded Report Analyzes Public Support for Charter Schools in New Orleans

Release Date:

06/01/2018

... poll features responses from 700 residents, including 450 parents of public and private school students. The poll found the strongest support for charter schools among parents of public school children. Almost...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey also found that African- Americans and Latinos have ... beyond pensions, 401(k)s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white...

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Economic Security

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The New York Community Trust Awards $14.6 Million in Grants to 86 Nonprofits

Release Date:

06/14/2022

... where students with disabilities are taught by a team of teachers in classrooms alongside their peers. Harlem Grown ... Brooklyn artists, residents, and organizations to exchange resources and share skills. [...

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Design High Schools for the 21st Century

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... gathered at the White House to talk about remaking the American high school . Secretary of Education John King told ... they learn—and then accordingly adjust the role of the teacher , the use of technology,...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

... the Executive Director of our grantee partner Arab American Association of New York shared her own experience ... NSEERS program suspended and finally closed. Hope lies in teachers and counselors who are using...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

20 May 2010

Educational Equity in the Midst of the Great Recession

Thursday, May 20, 2010 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... formula for funding schools across the State, with extra resources to schools serving a high proportion of students ... equity throughout the system? In a time of scarce resources , how can the State and City...

Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

Release Date:

04/03/2014

... work with the USDOE Labor Management Conferences and the Teacher Union Reform Network has bridged one of the most ... of the most significant intractable challenges for natural resources governance in the...

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Ford Foundation

Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... behind the establishment of the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College and the Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in ...

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New York Life Awards $5 Million to September 11 Memorial, Museum

Release Date:

02/21/2013

... have a screening room and classrooms that can be used for teacher training, seminars, and post-visit discussions with ...

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Arts

18 Apr 2012

Improving Teaching: What’s Evaluation Got to Do with It?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... measures as a means of “weeding out” ineffective teachers . But in New York – City and State – the issue is ... York Legislature passed a revised system for principal and teacher evaluation, which does use...