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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools . For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the ... of dollars to turn around the city’s most troubled...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

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10/14/2016

... on inequity, found that 100 school districts and charter schools across the country are currently pursuing ...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

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09/15/2017

... These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools The Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so ... seniors have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools . They have held the education...

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Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs

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02/09/2016

Century Fund Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs ... designed to increase diversity at a handful of elementary schools . . . Century Foundation Report: More Schools...

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World GivePower Foundation—a ... energy poverty by providing solar-powered lighting to schools in the developing world—is expanding. Through a .....

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle classroom ... said she would promote classroom diversity by rezoning schools...

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Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?

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10/04/2017

How much sleep do teens get each night during the school year?

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

... City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the demands of the ... “These districts have the commitment to reshape high schools so that all students can meet...

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Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

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08/04/2014

Target Corp. announced that it hit its campaign goal to donate $25 million in school supplies to children in need based on purchases made in its stores nationwide from July 13 through Aug. 2.

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NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools

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10/05/2016

... Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools ExpandED Schools , a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the ... learning in middle school students attending high-poverty ...

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Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year

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09/21/2017

... for 1.1 million students, 75,000 teachers and 1,800 schools , Chancellor Carmen Fariña can’t have eyes ...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education.

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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

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03/05/2013

... Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, ... wants to bankroll — the creation of four charter high schools , The Post has learned. The...

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Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District

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08/14/2013

Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond.

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Wallace Foundation Gives $7M to Albany State Leadership Program for School Administrators

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11/15/2016

The Dougherty County School System is a step closer to getting aspiring principals the educational support they need to be good leaders.

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward As part of his promise launch 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with ... advisory board to help implement the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

... nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City schools were hit, kicked, and bullied by fellow students ... and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools ,” said Jim Walden, an attorney...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools : Watchdog More than half of the city’s 1.1 million public school students attend overcrowded schools , according to a new report from the...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... Seek New Direction at Symposium Independent charter schools view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas ... districts over space. Now, a group of these independent schools are planning their first...

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