After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Blasio. “At the end of the day, de Blasio, you need to do something about those metal detectors in these schools ...
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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social ... with the federal education law—and its broader vision for judging school performance—...
Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... than at any point since the country reunified in 1990. It is hitting lows last seen in 1975 in Britain and 1994 in ... both lows rarely seen in the past half-century. How is it that the aftermath of 2008 could...
Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the ... Academy of Sciences secretary Goran Hansson said. Although it may seem like an obvious feat, the truth is...
Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... introduced to create a universal charitable deduction for all taxpayers but note concerns about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction. U.S. Rep. Mark ... be available to taxpayers who itemize as...
Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... scientists from the University of Washington can make it so. A research team led by UW’s Shyam Gollakota has demonstrated a method for encoding digital data, including ID tags and security ... was presented...
Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP
Release Date:
11/28/2017
... funds that aim to direct capital to companies that do well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, and the YWCA ... $...
Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... quo is an important motivator leading youth to clamor for transformative change—if it ’s harnessed productively. 2. Young people are more ... and realize change. 3. Change involves everyone and to do...
North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants
Release Date:
01/16/2018
... organizing, affordable housing strategies and more. It 's truly a cross-section of the work that New Yorkers are ... organizations built by New Yorkers who are organizing for new solutions to challenges...
President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF
Release Date:
01/26/2018
... to Davos 17 years ago. But she said that organizers could do much more to correct the gender imbalance. Baird said ...
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
... to dominate the national dialogue, the Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
04/26/2018
... move up the economic ladder. Through our proven model for driving inclusive growth, we are taking a strategic, ... to expanding access to opportunity, applying its model for driving inclusive growth to help...
The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award
Release Date:
06/06/2018
... is engaged broadens the scope of Jewish life and learning for all of us,” said Cheryl Finkel, Chair of the Board of ... to both traditional and out-of-the-box learning spaces. It is a true privilege to honor...
Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible
Release Date:
10/05/2018
... today announces a $12 million grant to the Foundation for Jewish Camp that will support a new initiative to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities at Jewish summer day ... According to...
Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting
Release Date:
11/01/2018
... Foundation Board Chair and Trustee. "While we grieve for the victims of this horrific hate crime, the Foundation is compelled to do what it can, as quickly as possible, to support those...
SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition
Release Date:
02/21/2019
... much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that ... Van Fleet recommended an investment portfolio for Yvon Chouinard, of Patagonia, that was so...
Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot
Release Date:
05/13/2019
... latex paints. Within 24 hours, all bacteria died except for Bacillus timonensis, a spore-forming bacterium. Most ... “Bacillus is typically innocuous, but by attacking it , you might prompt it...
New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity
Release Date:
09/23/2019
... make school districts more racially integrated, believing it would ease racial disparities in students’ educational ... – not the racial composition of schools – accounts for this effect. In other words,...
A Letter from Ronna Brown
Release Date:
05/28/2020
... we had to decide whether to continue programming virtually for the remainder of 2020. We will. To reiterate: ... decided that in-person events are not the right thing to do for ourselves or...
Supporting Emerging Leaders in the Field
Release Date:
06/23/2016
... “Philanthropy New York was such a critical resource for me early in my career. Not only did I learn how to do my job, I met people who would become tremendous thought ... grew in numbers, we encountered an...