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20 Sep 2011

School Transformations III: Practices and Programs that Are Transforming Schools & Policies that Support Them

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning around schools and highlighted instructional ... schools to focus attention on improving instruction. In this session, we will learn about...

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)

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06/24/2014

... Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. What are digital badges, and why should we use them? In my last post , I explained the basic badging concepts .....

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Education

Veterans

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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

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05/19/2015

... commit,” Kate Mogulescu, a public defender at Legal Aid in New York City, told The Huffington Post. But that ... is starting to ease up for trafficking survivors, thanks in large part to Mogulescu’s efforts to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013, a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, ... and 5, out to play with a visiting cousin, a young girl, in a fenced park right next to...

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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

... billionaire investor gave away $2.9 billion worth of stock in his holding company Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA ), ... filing Thursday. He's now made a huge donation 11 years in a row. This year, Buffett is...

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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal ... the system face when they try to leave it behend. “ In my experience, people go to prison and they learn how to...

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PhilTalks

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Justice Reform

The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries

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01/17/2017

... Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries On a freezing night in December, a bundled-up young crowd filed onto benches in Mast Chocolate's factory at the...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients

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06/02/2017

... two week residency experience at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. Crystal Henry Bronx, NY Devin ... artist nominees, the Foundation engaged nominators in New Orleans to recommend artists who they felt...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!

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07/19/2017

... leadership development experience that gives professionals in philanthropy the tools, knowledge, and best practices ... ▪ Want to build peer relationships with other leaders in philanthropy. ▪ Have a broad...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according to two administration officials.

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Immigration

Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

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09/11/2017

Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say It is one of law ... — under threat of arrest — force the person to testify in court by obtaining what is known as a material witness ... not...

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Justice Reform

New Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects High Stakes For Republicans

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09/19/2017

... the Affordable Care Act burst into view this week in the Senate, where leaders began pressuring rank-and-file ... last attempt to overhaul the law known as Obamacare failed in a dramatic, early-morning vote,...

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Health

Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale Owners of Starrett ... complex – which President Trump has a small stake in – for less than fair-market value in a deal “riven with...

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Housing and Homelessness

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

... All the Work, Half the Pay Lai Yee Chan worked piece-rate in the city's textile factories for more than a decade to ... support her three children after she emigrated from China in the late 1980s. She...

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Health

Disaster Relief

... New York is committed to keeping our members up to date in the event of a disaster and have compiled these resources for funders looking to respond to and learn about ... PARAMETERS FOR COVERAGE OF EVENTS...

04 Aug 2010

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Health Care Reform: What Employers Need to Know Now!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: ... Administrators Network is a resource for those working in foundation administration. The network...

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Network Building

Capital One to Invest $150 Million to Help Close Digital Skills Gap

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03/10/2015

... enable small business owners and entrepreneurs to succeed in the digital age; and equip individuals with financial management tools and resources designed to help them invest for the future. ... One Fellowship...

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Education

Technology

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Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... who will retire from the Met on March 31 after 10 years in the post, and nearly 40 at the institution. Dr. Weiss’ ... Kress Foundation, the Council for Library and Information Resources , and the Shipley School...

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