De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... 2014, he outlined a vision in stark contrast to the policies of his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg. Where Mr. ...
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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Officials tried to relocate auto mechanics from Queens to the Bronx to make way for a splashy new Willets Point real-estate project. What went wrong?
How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Obamacare repeal is dead, again. But the months of Republican attacks on the health law will still have consequences for some consumers.
U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The Department of Homeland Security intends to monitor the social media accounts and internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month.
In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... local governments from passing LGBTQ anti-discrimination policies and banned trans people from using the public ...
State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... for enrollment assistance and marketing of insurance policies offered to individuals through the Affordable Care ...
Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry
Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.
Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... cities, several of which have passed ordinances or policies preventing full cooperation with ICE. . . ...
Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... union unduly swayed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s education policies . Correspondence between Fariña and Mulgrew, the ...
NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools
Release Date:
10/13/2017
New York City’s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November.
William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education
Release Date:
10/26/2017
Adam Gamoran spoke about the indecision about best practices for providing adequate educational opportunities for English language learners.
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism Policies that create barriers to black achievement are often ...
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains the “unified approach” that underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this.
Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... correspondent Matt Katz has the story of how new American policies are creating uncertainty for a married Congolese ...
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Immigrant Kids in School: Challenges, Progress and Potential
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9:00am to 11:00am
... Fund for New Citizens- invites you to examine the current policies and practices that are most critical to New York ... students need right now. Panelists will also lay out what policies and practices are...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Ninth Annual Fiscal Summit Will Outline Urgent Need for Fiscal Reset following Recent Tax and Spending Legislation
Release Date:
05/01/2018
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation will convene the 2018 Fiscal Summit: Debt Matters on Thursday, May 10, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. As campaigns for the 2018 midterm elections get underway within a rapidly changing policy...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations
Release Date:
05/11/2018
One-quarter of the funding for SDSS comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program
Release Date:
06/19/2018
The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Alisha Williams (preferred gender pronouns: she/her, they/their) as a Program Officer of the Social Justice...