Prudential Names America's Top Youth Volunteers
Release Date:
05/05/2015
... engraved gold medallions, crystal trophies for their schools , and $5,000 grants from The Prudential Foundation for ...
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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'
Release Date:
08/13/2015
... learning materials, such as textbooks, were delivered to schools in a timely manner. Monitoring teacher absenteeism – whether teachers even showed up at schools – was another serious concern. Now with the .....
John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults
Release Date:
09/01/2015
The program specifically addresses recovery of hip fractures among older adults.
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... Strong principals are critical components of successful schools , and yet school leaders usually receive far less ...
Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... can impact the quality of teaching in the classroom, in schools , and throughout school districts. The grants, ... the expertise of teachers to drive transformation in schools , districts and states, including...
Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City
Release Date:
08/19/2016
About 127,000 New York City public school students — or one in eight — have been homeless at some point in the last five school years, more than the total population of Boston and Seattle’s school systems combined.
Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy ... CFE rallied for equitable funding for New York City schools , and its work led to a landmark...
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation announced the seventh class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well as pursue a mentored educational innovation project at their home institution.
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... spur more economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary schools . It is the first effort under Mayor Bill de Blasio to ...
In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... committed as him couldn’t make fundamental reforms [to schools ], I didn’t see how anybody else could.” But ... city’s largest, most controversial network of charter schools , is not just score-settling. It’s...
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many countries are neglecting to even measure their progress, the World Bank warned in its flagship annual economic development...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan
Release Date:
11/29/2018
... not in the classroom. The project is collaborating with schools and youth organizations to collect data that will ...
Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success
Release Date:
11/29/2018
Carnegie Corporation of New York is pleased to announce that Farhad Asghar will join Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 17, 2018 as Program Officer, Pathways to Postsecondary Success, overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’s...
SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition
Release Date:
02/21/2019
Johanna Van Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that winning advice to a famous entrepreneur! Van Fleet recommended an...
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May
2014
Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in New York
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 -
10:00am to 2:30pm
Join Grantmakers in Health and Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families as they present Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in New York . This meeting will give funders in and around New York the opportunity to discuss their grantmaking...
Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa
Release Date:
03/03/2017
Impact investing – a field that has seen much growth over the last decade, through a combination of strategic grant making and industry development – is steadily gaining attention and traction.
18
Apr
2019
Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, April 18, 2019 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
The Office of the Inspector General announced in January 2019 that thousands more children than previously reported have been separated from their parents at the southern border by our government. The impacts of this failed and cruel U.S. policy to...
Vision for 2025
... the existing budget. The second was a reckoning with NYC real estate. Our office lease ended in June 2015 and ... determined that neither would be workable in the current NYC market. More specifically, this...