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Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

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08/19/2016

... struggle almost as much as their homeless peers. “ We can’t just think about it as a point-in-time event,” ... a policy analyst who worked on the report. “ We need to think about the life course of a student...

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... the country is an especially hot funding area of late, as we 've covered often. In one recent gift I wrote about, ... underrepresented in engineering and technology. Meanwhile, we 've written about a...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

... different ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off. Not perfectly, of course, but ... liberal answer for nearly a generation now has been that we should become aware of and “celebrate...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... of the plan. "What Katrina exposed for us is that we cannot just rely on manmade, engineered systems . . . you ... city's chief resilience officer. "The second thing is that we really have to go...

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... He taught us to leave the world a better place than we found it through hard work, strong and diverse ... He said often, ‘Love is the most important thing.’ We are grateful for his vision of the David...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... rather than treated holistically. For far too long we have known that too many children enter school buildings ... barriers to their academic and career progress. Yet, we continue to approach the task of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

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05/08/2017

... 2016 “the year of autonomous driving,” and CNN says we ’ve reached “a tipping point for excitement in ... story is how much Autonomous Vehicles could change the way we live and the shape of our communities in...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

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05/30/2017

... have lasted long past those closing ceremonies. “ We are not interested in pop-ups. We are interested in seeds,” Bottura says. “They’re ...

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Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

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06/01/2017

... occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding backward, we ’re lurching forward, too. The developing world turned a ...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... philanthropists, myself included, tend to be of two minds: We like the idea that the wealthy are harnessing their fortunes to social good and we 're excited by the prospect of lots of new money flowing .....

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Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students

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06/27/2017

... them to drop out of their programs altogether. “Before we close the book on our own research, we really wanted to have this conversation and bring up some ...

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named We are delighted to announce our seventh class of Macy ... paving the way for health professions education reform and we look forward to seeing the impact they will have both ...

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Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

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08/02/2017

... under the ACA, and lay the groundwork for progress. If we can create the political and mental space for such a bipartisan effort, we should turn to the strategies that Timothy Jost outlined ...

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

... Northwest National Laboratory. “This is being asked as we have to meet the President’s budget language restrictions and we don’t want to make any changes without your knowledge or ...

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With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... parent and educator is welcome and safe in our schools. We will do everything we can to defend you in our schools.” . . . With Trump ...

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Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

... even though New York City is seen as a progressive place, we must not let this reputation blindside us. The history of ... must recognize white supremacy in our own backyard and we must take steps to upend it...

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LDN Fund Officially Launched

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09/22/2017

... ‘The LDN Fund is a very innovative instrument that we developed over the past three years through the Global ... the public sector, the private sector, and civil society. We are proud to see it enter into the...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... that addresses a problem in their school or community. “ We ’re not trying to change schools,” says Mike ... the Imagination Challenge in collaboration with AT&T. “ We ’re trying to change culture so that...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... would see us, and maybe even take our message to heart. As we passed by, I was trying to read the faces of those power ... brokers for any sign of approval or support. Instead, we saw something more powerful...

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MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... can help improve financial well-being around the world. We 've partnered with Common Cents Lab because they are a leader in this field. For the past two years, we 've seen them work closely with...

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