NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million
Release Date:
06/15/2015
The foundation has announced grants to 79 organizations.
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Can You Run A City Based on Happiness?
Release Date:
07/17/2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies invested $1 million to see if Santa Monica, California could develop strategies to maximize citizen's happiness.
Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education
Release Date:
08/06/2015
The Bard Prison Initiative will support education and other services that better prepare prisoners for reentry into society.
Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success
Release Date:
08/12/2015
... Early Signs of Success A program intended to boost student achievement by providing teachers two years of ...
NYPost Takes On de Blasio's Relationship with Success Academy
Release Date:
08/19/2015
Success Academy students tend to get better teachers and a more comprehensive curriculum.
Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction
Release Date:
12/02/2015
A select group of city teachers are being honored Wednesday with the annual Sloan Awards for Teaching Science and Mathematics.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'
Release Date:
06/24/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation said Thursday the funding would allow students as some schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the District of Columbia to see the show for $10.
NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.
With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections
Release Date:
10/11/2016
... (NCCE), traditional leaders, political parties and various student youth groups... With Support From Ford, Media ...
Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
Apply Now to Join TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class
Release Date:
01/03/2017
Each year, The Century Foundation (TCF) typically invites six interns to join our office in New York City to spend the summer building new relationships and researching the issues they care about most.
New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants
Release Date:
03/21/2017
An app that helps fellow students in need get an after-school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
We Dine Together: Starved For Company
Release Date:
03/27/2017
A simple club, We Dine Together, has changed teens' lives by sitting together with them at lunchtime. And its organizers want to share it with other schools around the country.
Here Are 5 Things To Know About The ESSA Plan New York Is Sending To Betsy Devos
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... several other key education policies. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires each state to craft a plan and ...
In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools
Release Date:
09/15/2017
That has been the mission of the Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so seniors who have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on public records requests and...
Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year
Release Date:
09/21/2017
As the person responsible for 1.1 million students, 75,000 teachers and 1,800 schools, Chancellor Carmen Fariña can’t have eyes everywhere.
KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse
Release Date:
09/28/2017
A prominent New York City charter school network announced that it was opening an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that occurred more than 10 years ago.
DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/02/2017
After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn
Did You Get Free SUNY Tuition? NY Reveals Figures
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... ineligible. School counselors encouraged the 22-year-old student to take fewer credits this fall as she eased into her ...
City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education.