A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... laid out exactly what the government expected colleges to do to protect students from sexual violence — through a ...
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In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... to be the commander in chief of mixed messages. But even for him, the nighttime tweet on Tuesday was a head-turner. ... by himself. He then put the onus on Congress by giving it a six-month deadline to “fix”...
Intragovernmental Collaborations: Pipedreams or the Future of the Public Sector?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... collaboration and policy co-creation. Despite the need for concerted, joint efforts among public sector leaders, ... these leaders—some with competing agendas—manage to do it ? Policy labs are...
Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... charter schools have had in providing better educations for urban children. “Many charters have flourished, ... low-achieving, poor and nonwhite, charter schools tend to do better than other public schools in...
Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled through Libya to seek ... to come here,” he says, “we crossed a sea. We knew it is not safe, so we sacrificed. We...
Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side The New York City education department on ... economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary schools. It is the first effort...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... at German engineering giant Siemens went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it...
City Council Examines Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Courts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... Domestic violence cases in regular criminal courts usually do not end in convictions, leaving victims without at least ...
Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It The Trump administration says many of the organizations ... federal insurance marketplaces don't provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes...
Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... I am a NYCHA resident who has spent my career advocating for our public housing communities – and I can tell you why we oppose Intro 1447-C, even as it stands on the verge of City Council approval. Some ... to...
A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Why is meat so cheap? McDonald’s sells a McDouble burger for less than $2. A rotisserie chicken costs $4.99 at Costco. ... commodity checkoff programs that fund marketing (“Beef, it ’s what’s for...
Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... is now in the hands of Congress? DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects immigrants who came into the ... these young people has long concerned a range of funders. For example, a few years...
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 ...
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...