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Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

... healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality , and greater efficiency, particularly for society’ s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the ...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... policy could be effective in helping to produce higher quality principals. "Drawing from sources including the .....

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

... are not met and they waste their time and money on low- quality instruction—sometimes never completing their degree ... Shireman, offers specific recommendations for how the U. S . Department of Education could...

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NYS Health Foundation Report: Hospital Mergers Lead to Higher Prices in NY

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03/25/2016

... result in higher prices, with little improvement in quality , according to a new Manhattan Institute report, ...

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New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing

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04/28/2016

... has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’ s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public education in New York City. The Mexican ... felt they were not being welcomed to a charter...

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Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected

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05/23/2016

... is designed to increase the capacity of New York City' s community development organizations and to create a ... cycle of the Community Development Fellowship, and the quality of the applications from...

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

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10/13/2016

... to see if it could be strengthened to encourage higher- quality training statewide. In a fifth year and in earlier ...

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

... T. Grant Foundation Research Grants We support high- quality research that is relevant to policies and practices ...

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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

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01/13/2017

... Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government' s big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. And it gives big new leeway to states...

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Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results

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06/12/2017

Edna McConnell Clark’ s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results An initial ... most Alumni 2015 grantees are strengthening the quality of their programs and, with growing revenues, are ... trajectory of...

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To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”

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08/31/2017

... Jude is passionate about ensuring students receive quality meals in schools and are learning ways to make ...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... card — aimed at measuring "student success or school quality " — and the law leaves it to states to decide. The ... form of chronic student absenteeism. Many of the state' s plans still need to...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace ... millions of New Yorkers have been able to enroll in high quality affordable health care offered by the New York State ... our...

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After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

... Brann, who most recently served as deputy commissioner of quality assurance and integrity at Rikers Island, was brought ...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... of carbon dioxide and offer solutions to improve air quality . But this project and many others like it were ...

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Foundation for Child Development Announces Appointment of Deborah A. Phillips as New President

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07/02/2012

... foundation dedicated to the well-being of America’ s children, has announced the appointment of Dr. Deborah A. ... on the effects of early childhood education on children’ s development, including child care,...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

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01/15/2014

... Fund have selected R. David Addams to be the foundation’ s next Executive Director. Addams will take on the role on ... public policy and education to the Memorial Fund’ s mission of improving education for...

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Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment

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... New York Spotlight Series More than half of the world' s population now live in cities. According to the United ... can invest in the effectiveness of cities worldwide. U. S . cities have become very...

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Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

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06/08/2016

... sociologist Alexes Harris —who is one of the nation’ s leading experts on fines and fees and has advised the ... is only the beginning of our criminal justice system’ s punishment for convicted felons, who...

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