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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

... have been poor, the pilot program aims to help more than three thousand children and their families build strong literacy skills by providing services that build on existing programs and .....

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

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06/07/2016

Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases ... schools , and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from...

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Wallace Foundation Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

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02/17/2021

... Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools : A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research ... and scope of principals’ impacts on students and schools . A principal in the 75th...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... to Pro-Charter School Advocates, Families for Excellent Schools Two hedge fund billionaires dropped $1 million ... at pro-charter lobbying powerhouse Families for Excellent Schools have declined to name the...

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs Mayor Bill de Blasio's ... step toward meeting a campaign pledge to turn at least 100 schools into community hubs that...

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

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03/08/2014

After-School All-Stars has received a $4 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its services in six U.S. cities, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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New Survey from Commonwealth Fund: Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information

Release Date:

09/26/2019

... of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information Slightly more than one-fourth (27%) of adults favor eliminating all ... in favor (43%) of replacing all private insurance with a ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

Release Date:

03/02/2018

... by MediaShift, an investigation by Flatland (Kansas City public TV station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the Midwest ...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans Students from disadvantaged ... neighborhoods are often drawn to for-profit trade schools after high school, seeing them...

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

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent ... as those in charter schools ,...

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SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised a hotly contested proposal to let its ... teachers...

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Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... meets Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., combines more than 300 hours of instruction in web development and ...

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The Wallace Foundation Publishes New Report - How Can State Policy Support Local School Districts Develop Principal Pipelines?

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10/06/2021

... principals, says Manna, a professor of government and public policy at William & Mary. Then, by wielding their ...

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New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools " Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report ... For example, if you want to learn how to improve city schools , look how Washington, New...

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as ... Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into ... that have integrated socioeconomically and...

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Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits

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10/2009

This report examines the racial, gender, sexuality, and disability staff demographics of participating New York City-area foundations and nonprofits. It also looks at grantmaking policies and data collection around diversity and inclusion, examines the institutional capacities of nonprofit organizations, and looks at the range of ways that nonprofits define themselves as “minority-led.”

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NYS Health Foundation Releases New Report: Food Scarcity in New York State During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

10/08/2020

... As of mid-September 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 25,000 New Yorkers and sickened an additional ... and social distancing measures have also cut off reliable pathways to food access...