Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... are tying public college and university funding to the schools ’ ability to retain and graduate students. But a new ...
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Heckscher Foundation for Children Helps 104 Graduate from NJ SEEDS Scholars and Young Scholars Program
Release Date:
08/12/2016
New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit providing education access to high-achieving, low-income students, celebrated the accomplishments of 104 students completing its Scholars and Young Scholars Programs.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment
Release Date:
09/14/2016
The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.
How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More
Release Date:
09/16/2016
... Hall, most notably in education, winning control over the schools in 2002... How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big .....
Westchester Community Foundation's Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy Westchester
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Laura Rossi will moderate a gathering on Friday at Pace Law School in White Plains with The Keep Westchester Thriving Coalition to discuss ways to keep the county strong.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... issued a series of recommendations for leaders of nursing schools , primary care practices, and health systems on ...
Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
The funder recently launched a $47 million initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals. Before that was the funder's $85 million Principal Pipeline Initiative, which began in 2011.
Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will push an already swelling population past the 9 million mark in the decade beginning 2030.
The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season
Release Date:
11/03/2016
The Bronfman Fellowship selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years of high school.
Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'
Release Date:
11/30/2016
The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning.
UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... space featuring four of Israel’s leading performing arts schools as well as performance venues and an outdoor plaza, ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens
Release Date:
01/09/2017
GallopNYC had acquired the horse stables near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne's Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills).
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness
Release Date:
02/27/2017
Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute are the first to show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye's retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even...
New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants
Release Date:
03/21/2017
An app that helps fellow students in need get an after-school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
Commonwealth Fund Report Predicts a Detrimental Impact of an ACA Repeal on Jobs
Release Date:
08/04/2017
A report by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and the Commonwealth Fund predicts bad news if Congress repeals the ACA. Research shows that the loss of 'ACA tax credits and Medicaid expansion would lead to a...
Bargaining With Cancer Patients About Treatment
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center borrowed negotiating tactics from Harvard Business School. When a doctor and a patient discuss treatments, is it a conversation or a negotiation?
Here Are 5 Things To Know About The ESSA Plan New York Is Sending To Betsy Devos
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... plan Monday that could reshape the way the state evaluates schools , intervenes in those that are struggling, and several ...