Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Bill de Blasio’s administration quietly announced a policy reversal: In the coming year, schools will once again ...
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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... years into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature education policy achievement, the education department and New York ...
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... executive order weakens the National Environmental Policy Act and cancels a federal standard that protects new ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... as opponents of the program, led by Mr. Trump’s chief policy adviser, Stephen Miller, assert that continuing to ...
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 ...
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... not be renewed, says Ben Anderson, director of health policy for the Children’s Defense Fund–New York . . . If ...
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard. In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should ...
Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... of America (GSA) and serves as director of the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging at the University of South ...
De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.
Release Date:
09/26/2017
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 initiative.
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... said Tom Angotti, an emeritus professor at the Urban Policy and Planning department of Hunter College. “But ...
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 ...
State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare
Release Date:
09/29/2017
The recent announcement by the Trump administration to slash funding for enrollment assistance and marketing of insurance policies offered to individuals through the Affordable Care Act will not affect New York, the head of the state’s online...
Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Federal agents arrested 498 people from 42 countries in a four-day nationwide operation targeting cities that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement said give sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes.
Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years
Release Date:
10/05/2017
At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing public records request to the city’s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of Information [sic], I request all e-mail communications since Dec. 30, 2013...
NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... proposals could be approved by the Panel for Educational Policy at its Nov. 28 meeting. She has argued that there is ...
William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... outcomes and how to better use research to influence policy , Gamoran said. His lecture described the ...
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
The Mellon Lecture Series, which will continue into the spring semester, is made possible by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help Georgetown carry out its commitment to produce scholarship to better understand and...
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... answer them, and then shares what it learns to inform policy and practice. The aim is not only to help grantees , ...