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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into overhauling teacher evaluation systems, .....

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Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers

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02/16/2016

... Calling the idea offered by the speaker during her State of the City speech last week “interesting and ... it is a truly troubled facility and I believe the design of it is one of...

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Justice Reform

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by ... potential, quality and safety. Rising ownership of...

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Health

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NoVo and Ms. Foundations Support Grantmakers for Girls of Color Funders Convening

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03/02/2016

NoVo and Ms. Foundations Support Grantmakers for Girls of Color Funders Convening The Grantmakers for Girls of Color, suppported by the NoVo and Ms. Foundations, will host a national convening of...

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Gender Justice

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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

Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia Asia Society ... 3rd in New York to build understanding between the peoples of Asia and the United States. The...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away

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03/15/2016

... Any field in the world, it doesn’t matter: an acre of cassava in Nigeria, a rice paddy in Indonesia, some amber waves of grain in the United States. Now harvest this imaginary field, and toss one third...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This year’s round of grantmaking will extend the range of potential grants to include applications for wildlife and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... epic, Oslo tells the true, but until now, untold story of how one young couple, Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul (to be ... orchestrated top-secret, high-level meetings between the State of...

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Arts

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... Support Teacher Leadership Projects The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with ASCD and the National ... and programs that can transform the academic trajectory of students. These teacher-led...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... Social Workers The New York Community Trust (NYCT), one of the nation’s largest community foundations, has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social...

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The New York Community Trust

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Health

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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

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05/18/2016

... organizations have been selected as inaugural recipients of the Community Progress Makers Fund, a $20 million grant ...

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Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative

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06/10/2016

... for Higher Education (WICHE) and Taskstream – a provider of assessment management and e-portfolio solutions for higher education – just announced the formation of a new partnership to pilot a mapping process...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality

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07/29/2016

... 2007, significantly surpassing its stated fundraising goal of $1 billion. A 2009 study found that the University of Georgia and six members of the University of Califorinia...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

... Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a Utah-based ... Foundation who has written extensively on evidence of for-profits looking to skirt...

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... organization that is not only guided by principles of social justice, and working to address real societal ... but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies, environments and...

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Community Development

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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

... the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics Many political commentators ... on racial resentment obscures another important aspect of racial thinking. In a study...

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Civic Engagement

Governor Cuomo Announces Nearly $21.6 Million for Eight Supportive Housing Projects

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10/21/2016

... eight supportive housing projects that will create a total of 265 units for homeless New Yorkers. The awards, made through the New York State 's Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, will fund .....

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Housing and Homelessness

Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... to his frequent flier miles, as he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" will be produced by the "Parts Unknown" host...

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Food Systems

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... Families The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, ... Foundation's mission, partnerships, and accomplishments of the past year. "The...

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