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Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

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04/17/2015

... School districts, states and universities need to do much more to get outstanding principals into these schools. A ... in the mid-1990s. Today’s principal needs to be much more focused on the quality of...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

... an additional scholarship award of $15,000. AXA has given more than $25 million in scholarships to more than 6,000 students since the program's inception in .....

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MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China

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07/20/2015

... businesses in rural areas of China; create or sustain more than twenty thousand jobs; and enhance the financial knowledge and skills of more than thirty-six hundred entrepreneurs through financial ...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is often different from the poverty of poor whites. It's more isolating and concentrated. It extends out the door of a ... grocery stores. A poor black family, in short, is much more likely than a poor...

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... and their descendants integrate into society, they become more educated, have better job opportunities, make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

... to help foundations improve their grantmaking so they have more impact. They both are founding presidents of their ... a few months of each other in 2001. Now they have one more thing in common, something that...

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford ... fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges

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04/13/2016

... in All the Wrong Places” -- is based on an analysis of more than 6,000 pages of audit documents that were obtained ... financial aid is disbursed at the expense of broader and more pressing concerns, such as...

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Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

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04/18/2016

... April 20–21, 2016. This two-day event will feature more than 75 different speakers from the food and agriculture ... urban agriculture, family farmers, farm workers, and more . Food Tank recently had the...

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Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes

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04/21/2016

... in the condition. Some estimate that a total of 350 or more could be involved. The long-term study involves researchers from more than 21 medical institutions, including Boston ...

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... and their philanthropic gifts. Spoiler alert—they are more connected than ever. While it still does happen (we ... next six months is a rarity. To a millennial, it must seem more probable that someone is...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... remedial courses. The authors state that to produce more college-ready students colleges should accelerate ... and shift from a "drill and practice" type of teaching to more contextual, real-life...

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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

... schools, and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits from school psychologists, and more wraparound services in general to ensure teachers don't...

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Stonewall Community Foundation’s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads

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06/20/2016

... on marriage equality a year ago, gay families have enjoyed more visibility than ever before. But Gardner, executive ... of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, believes more can be done to uplift same-...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... Museum has been prototyping ways to reach visitors on a more personal level. Their final product is the ASK Brookly ... with the collection, and as a result, are providing more information in some places or...

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Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

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08/17/2016

... a similar commitment to address inequality a little more than a year ago. The statement made by Ford ... over project grants, for instance, along with listening more carefully to marginalized voices, and...

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Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership

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09/19/2016

... a historic plunge in the national violent crime rate, more Americans than ever are arming themselves to protect ... are an estimated 265 million firearms in U.S. homes — more than the number of cars on...

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend ... whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials...

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... Islamophobia, the New York Community Trust in June awarded more than $500,000 in grants to several Muslim American and ... Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with...

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