Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... grades three to eight for the five years ending in June 2016 . . . Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter ...
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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... ways to do so in early 2014, but it was dead by early 2016 . Since then, however, the pressure to act has mounted. A ...
Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
01/12/2018
... for opioid use disorders jumped 326 percent from 2011 to 2016 , to $64 million. Kentucky also anticipates the most ...
Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... which spread across the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2016 and 2017. Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the ...
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016 , that the foundation announced this week they will ...
Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow
Release Date:
07/20/2018
... less than half of all the crop calories we grow. Since 2016 , The Rockefeller Foundation’s YieldWise program has ...
Grace Farms Launches Design for Freedom Movement to Remove Forced Labor from the Built Environment
Release Date:
02/11/2021
... buildings; the launch of a dedicated website with tools, resources , and original content; and partnerships with ... developing ethical labor practices on construction and job sites , we now seek to extend these...
New Report from The Century Foundation: 11.4 Million Workers Facing Jobless Benefit Cliff Starting March 14
Release Date:
02/10/2021
Unless Congress acts swiftly, 11.4 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits between March 14 and April 11 of this year, with disastrous results for families and the American economy.
Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees
Release Date:
08/14/2014
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appealed a decision by a Florida court to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had administered the artist’s estate.
Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Energy company wants to drill natural-gas well using waterless method.
New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. is rethinking whether to seek tax-exempt status for a New York foundation that the company said would become its biggest shareholder, raising questions about its plans for the charity.
In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents
Release Date:
02/22/2018
In direct response to a lawsuit filed by The Century Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education has started to release documents regarding two higher education accrediting agencies with a history of regulatory noncompliance: the Accrediting...
President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants
Release Date:
04/13/2022
... based in Stockton, CA, on the first guaranteed income sites . This grant is in addition to our two-year grant of ... the larger community, 4. Referring people to community resources , 5. Socially Serving the...
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Personal Democracy Forum 2013: Think Bigger
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 9:00am to Friday, June 7, 2013 - 6:00pm
NYU Skirball Center and Kimmel Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, NYC
... by The New York Times , Personal Democracy Forum ( PDF ) is the world's largest and longest-running gathering of ... hands-on sessions, you won't want to miss the tenth annual PDF , featuring the...
It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate
Publication date:
02/2013
Panelists discussed the expected effects from what has already passed Congress in January 2013 and whether or not the charitable deduction debate is leading to the neglect of even more important issues in the budget battles likely to be beset us for years to come.
Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach
Release Date:
11/28/2011
... Andrus Benedict Foundation that has now spread to several sites nationwide. The program uses the model of “Medicare ...
These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?
Release Date:
01/12/2012
... with their program colleagues to develop content for Web sites . Many foundation communicators also play a critical ... (!) said their organizations host videos on their Web sites . Survey respondents also...
Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth (109 pages, PDF ), found that in five urban districts participating in ...
Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps
Release Date:
10/19/2016
... in Practice: Lessons from Nine Districts" (61 pages, PDF ), the number of districts and charter schools with .....