Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... women the right to vote in U.S. elections. More than 50 years later, Congresswoman Bella Abzug introduced a ...
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How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and customers. It was unheard of to truck...
Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?
Release Date:
08/29/2017
How to provide long-term care for a fast-aging population poses one of the more convoluted challenges of the American labor market. In his new book, “Who Will Care For Us?,” to be published next month by the Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Professor...
Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools
Release Date:
08/31/2017
City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year.
Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Administered by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, News Integrity Initiative is focused on "helping people make informed judgments about the news they read and share online."
After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School
Release Date:
09/05/2017
To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly strange school to visit: Success Academy Bronx 2.
Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a row. Seventeen of these schools — which enroll ...
Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Skoll, and Bill and Melinda Gates are expected to host new gatherings that promise to update what used to be the philanthropic get-together of the year: theClinton Global Initiative, filled with celebrities, rich donors, high...
New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... in December 2015 experienced its worst rainfall in 100 years , are now building out urban water infrastructure to ...
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... recording industry has been shrinking globally in recent years . City officials said they made the investment to help ...
My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... by saying, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” referring to the young man of color who was ...
What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding
Release Date:
09/11/2017
This week we're back to school and the data point is $66 billion: the amount New York's school districts received in revenue during the 2015-2016 school year.
In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck
Release Date:
09/11/2017
There are 400,000 new kala azar cases each year, but treatment is scarce.
Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... to the Off-Broadway Alliance, an industry group. In recent years , the off-Broadway theaters have welcomed a plethora of ...
Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says
Release Date:
09/12/2017
When seeking major gifts, charities are best served by consistently using a system — almost any system — for identifying people who can give generously, rather than using a system erratically or not at all, according to a new survey.
Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... financial crisis lambasted the world’s economy a few years ago. But it also vaulted companies like the Ethisphere ...
The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Communications strategy should be flexible, scrappy, and accessible to everyone on your team. This four-question framework, rooted in social science, can help organizations craft an effective strategy that drives real social change.
New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass Just years after New York began requiring prospective teachers to ...
Edith Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Edith Windsor loved Thea Spyer. For nearly half a century, the two were partners and eventually were legally married as well. When Spyer died in 2009, though, the federal government didn't recognize that love on Windsor's tax forms, expecting her to...
'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... promising to spend close to $1 billion over the next few years fighting climate change. The $35 billion food giant ...