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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

... by the family behind Walmart, pledged Tuesday to invest $ 2 . 2 million over the next two years in new charter schools in ... the foundation expect the initiative to support the start of about...

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

... foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence' s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city' s youngest children, he said he hoped the pilot ... households...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... years, they also often serve as family caregivers and play a central role in coordinating the health care needs of multiple generations of family members, including ... market in most states...

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

... Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education On Tuesday nights beginning August 22 through ... to NewsHour online, with original stories from NewsHour’ s...

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Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education

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04/12/2016

... Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education Administrators sometimes disagree with faculty members about the value of online education , and enthusiastic instructors...

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’ s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’ s Next? In a recent Tuesday morning, Schools Chancellor Carmen...

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Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

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06/19/2014

... the School-to-Prison Pipeline? by Mercedes Gonzalez, Education Policy Intern at The Century Foundation This ... Jersey Senator Cory Booker highlighted the growth of the U. S . criminal justice...

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ASPCA and NYPD Celebrate Five Years of Fighting Animal Abuse and Rescuing Victims across New York City

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01/29/2019

... Abuse and Rescuing Victims Across New York City This year , the ASPCA is marking the five- year anniversary of our ... made strong and measurable progress for New York City’ s...

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Langeloth Foundation Grants $10 million to Support Urgent Initiatives to Get Out the Vote, Focusing on Communities of Color

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06/04/2020

... that all eligible voters can voice their opinions through a democratic process that protects their health while still ... commitment to civic engagement supports the foundation’ s core objectives of...

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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... really just window dressing. Wasn’t a board member’ s job simply lending his or her name to the organization’ s ... I lived in Romania for two years working with the Civic Education...

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With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule

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09/01/2016

... The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, the country’ s largest employer-led coalition committed to creating ... Opportunity Youth – the population of 16- to 24- year -olds who are out of...

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The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform

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03/18/2014

The Wallace Foundation to support study of whether and how community institutions can work together on education reform. New York (March 18, 2014) – The Wallace Foundation is awarding a grant to...

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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

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09/26/2017

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled ... openings. Still, they indicate a critical need for special- education...

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Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes A new NYU Steinhardt study published in the journal AERA Open ... students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher ...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/22/2012

... talks about the importance of interprofessional education —when students from different health care ... to build teamwork and collaboration—and his foundation' s joint project with the...

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04 Jun 2012

Philanthropy New York's 33rd Annual Meeting: Duncan, King and Walcott, a Dialogue with Education Reform Leaders

Monday, June 4, 2012 -

3:15pm to 7:30pm

... email register@philanthropynewyork.org . Funder Q& A with David Firestone , Editorial Board Member, The New ... Q& A with Pedro Noguera , Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’ s Economy Billions Each Year Long Island’ s economy could have had an infusion of ... overall economy would be much...

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Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

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03/15/2016

... Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U. S . & Asia Asia Society will celebrate its 60th anniversary ... and the United States. The Society has since grown from a small...