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William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

... Hakuta has been on the faculty at Stanford University’ s Graduate School of Education since 1989. His work is in the ... action in higher education. He is also active in the policy applications of his research...

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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, senior policy manager at Tesla, who joined officials from ... at an afternoon announcement inside the company’ s Energy Operations Center in Hauppauge . . . Tesla...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

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09/05/2017

... Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate Whenever a major policy debate about protecting employees comes up in ... for fair employment standards while they often face what’ s become known as "operational...

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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

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09/07/2017

... said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’ s Kitchen elementary school. The new school year begins on ... matter.” This move has been long sought by food- policy advocates and many members of the...

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

New York’ s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a ... prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’ s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to...

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New York City Education Department to Improve Response to Public Record Requests

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09/14/2017

... responses to public records requests, New York City’ s education department says it will provide more realistic ... exactly, it will respond to records requests. The new policy is meant to provide “a clear and...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U. S . education system one school at a time. But some backers of ...

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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

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10/05/2017

Children’ s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles Bipartisan negotiations over an extension of children’ s health insurance are veering off course, raising doubts ... Murray (D-Wash.) should be attached to the...

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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04/16/2018

... own cities. The Award is part of Michael R. Bloomberg' s American Cities Initiative, a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that moves the nation forward.....

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Open Society Foundations Launches Initiative to Support A More Inclusive American Democracy

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05/02/2018

... in government and to undertake a project that advances policy ideas and inserts their unique perspectives about ... eligible, all projects must relate to one or more of OSF' s U. S ...

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Civic Engagement

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World Cities Culture Forum Announces Four Leadership Awards across 9 Global Cities

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05/03/2018

... for advancing cultural projects and shaping public policy . As Mayors around the world invest in cultural ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

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05/04/2018

The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic...

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

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07/25/2018

... By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Communications You may have read the construction of ... the headline above to mean that I think that this year’ s United Philanthropy...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... to examine the underlying causes of the Arab World’ s profound instability. Previously, Mr. Cammack worked for ... Foreign Relations Committee. He served as a member of the policy planning staff of Secretary...

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First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?

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04/04/2019

With the enrollment flexibility and design choices available to them, charter schools have the potential to help reverse trends of school segregation—or to further isolate students by race and class.

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... reducing inequality, and the use of research evidence in policy and practice). Research must be conducted within one ...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... Wilett will lead the Foundations’ work on public policy and advocacy, and advise the president on new ... initiatives. “I am thrilled to have someone of Nicole’ s stature and experience joining the Foundations...

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