De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... discriminatory practices and the implementation of a fair policy of paid leave which protects teachers’ rights to ...
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Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... that can improve the design and targeting of programs and policy interventions. As part of that effort, the foundation ...
Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Care for $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for at least a year of not providing contraceptive and ... and health as well as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman' s office — said that...
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk
Release Date:
09/21/2017
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’ s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk Last Tuesday, ... agreement to extend funding for the national Children’ s Health Insurance Program for five more years. The...
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’ s Hard. In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should ... Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That...
De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’ s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the ... clock was ticking on the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s boldest education...
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... business owners appears to have been for naught. “It’ s a waste of the city’ s money,” said Tom Angotti, an emeritus professor at the Urban Policy and Planning department of Hunter College. “...
How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... also coast along with the status quo; there have been no policy changes affecting the price or comprehensiveness of ...
Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Half the Pay Lai Yee Chan worked piece-rate in the city' s textile factories for more than a decade to support her ... from the stifling summer heat in a Midtown warehouse. Chan' s current workplace...
Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Documents Show NYC’ s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records ... sent an intriguing public records request to the city’ s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of ... the teachers union...
NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools New York City’ s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not ... between the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Eva S . Moskowitz, the founder of...
William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... on Oct. 25 as part of the Department of Education’ s Speaker Series. English language instructors vary widely in ... outcomes and how to better use research to influence policy , Gamoran said. His lecture...
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown' s Mellon Lecture Series last week. The Mellon Lecture Series, ... scholarship to better understand and address the nation' s legacies of slavery,...
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’ s “Unified Approach” In an interview with the Funder’ s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains ... answer them, and then shares what it learns to...
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Apr
2018
Immigrant Kids in School: Challenges, Progress and Potential
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... on being a city of immigrants. As federal immigration policy and practice undergo dramatic shifts, the City has ... in and around our public schools. Philanthropy New York’ s Education Working Group- in...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new policy , announced Thursday, prohibits the sale of firearms to ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... the celestial equator and light went through to the survey' s exquisitely sensitive camera. The telescope' s mirror, 2.5 meters (8 feet) in diameter, is small by ... and all images are open access...
Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program
Release Date:
06/19/2018
... LGBTQ Poverty Initiative at the Vaid Group where they led policy advocacy and public education efforts among a ...
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...
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Feb
2019
True or False Solutions to Climate Change
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... potential to impact the national conversation and national policy What climate policies are under consideration by New York State’ s new Senate, what their prospects are, and how they compare to other state’...