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The widespread use of suspension and expulsion in schools reflects a national belief in "zero tolerance" to set a tone of academic focus and seriousness and to maintain order and safety. Yet, is this effective discipline?

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage

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02/01/2016

As many as 457,000 unauthorized, uninsured immigrant New Yorkers remain ineligible for health care coverage, a new report from the NYS Health Foundation finds.

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

New research from The Rockefeller University reveals an important new component of the system responsible for regulating food intake: a hormone called amylin, which acts in the brain to help control consumption.

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Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

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03/14/2016

The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are announcing today that their pilot program, Field Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools supporting educational field trips.

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... research on the home-care industry and potentially help support the expansion of home-care worker cooperatives. ...

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Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

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04/14/2016

... W. Mellon Foundation, and Surdna Foundation with in-kind support from the F.B. Heron Foundation. Upstart is a ...

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Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks

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04/29/2016

Kathy Reich will guide the foundation's BUILD efforts in the United States and across its 10 global offices to implement sector-leading approaches to supporting the sustainability, vitality, and effectiveness of organizations and networks that serve...

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NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

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05/16/2016

... over two years, funding programs and services that support young women and girls and align with YWI ...

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Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation

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06/16/2016

... Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative, she cold-called Alex ...

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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

... who are immigrants or who have parents who are immigrants support allowing those who were brought to the United States ...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum announces the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art.