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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

... to health care in the United States. When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the ... on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... are highly familiar with the good works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Today, the ... Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Marley’ s Mission, Scranton...

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian Americans and two South Asians ... for New Americans — for immigrants and children of immigrants — which was founded by Daisy...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Immigration

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Council on Economic Education Seeks Applications for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award

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05/12/2016

... is designed to promote economic education at the K– 12 level by recognizing and honoring teachers who effectively deliver this important content in and out of their classrooms and achieve results. To that end...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Advocates for Keeping Artists in New York City

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06/10/2016

Ford Foundation' s Darren Walker Advocates for Keeping Artists in New York City When he was in his freshman year of college almost four decades ago, Darren Walker saw the ... as head of the...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’ s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced ... fund researchers working on ways to improve the brain’ s ability to take information...

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Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities

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06/20/2016

Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among ... Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities Bank of America announced $300,000 in grants to be distributed to 12...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

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08/15/2016

... especially to make public health improvements during his 12 years as mayor of New York City. At the foundation, we apply the same ...

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

U. S . News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership ... effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K- 12 education community that refers to the important role ... insight on the...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... Initiative. The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States. “There has been ... study focuses on why Autism presents in a such a variety of manners... Supported by...

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Sloan Foundation to Honor Recipients of Teaching Champion Awards

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09/08/2016

Sloan Foundation to Honor Recipients of Teaching Champion Awards Three recipients of the 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award– K- 12 teachers in the New York metropolitan area...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit

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03/28/2017

... 2017, will spotlight world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly’ s bold innovation and experimentation in a variety of media throughout his celebrated career. At a Press Preview Luncheon at Grand Hyatt New York on...

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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

... with activities this spring involving their K through 12 students and their new Green Roof that boasts spectacular views of the New York City skyline. The Green Roof officially ... The combined $7 million...

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Environment and Climate Change

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... its science and tech expertise into tackling some of the world' s biggest problems. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced ... through data. With the new initiative, IBM announced 12...

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Technology

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Ford, ConEd: Bronx Children’s Museum Construction Begins

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07/24/2017

Ford, ConEd: Bronx Children’ s Museum Construction Begins The Bronx is finally getting its own children’ s museum! NYC Parks and NYC Department of Design and Construction joined elected officials...

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Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most The ... final days leading up to the primary election on Sept 12 . But as we prepare to head to the polls, voters...

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A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs

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09/19/2017

... living in group foster care, she once baked Ina Garten’ s cheesecake for herself and a dozen other girls. “On ... the nickname Ginger, has been working on that. She is one of 22 people who enrolled this summer...

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Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’

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09/20/2017

... Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’ s largest and most controversial charter-school network — ... Inwood and Washington Heights, and the Bronx’ s District...

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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 the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger ... gather about 350 educators and...

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