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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... of childhood obesity lie primarily inside or outside of schools ... Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood ...

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money The ... invest $2.2 million over the next two years in new charter schools in New York City that aim to be socioeconomically ... to support...

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New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

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09/20/2017

... Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments

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10/15/2019

... Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments Three elementary schools in Paterson are getting musical instruments like ... extremely helpful to have these resources...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... to be channeled into projects to redesign American high schools . That was the big news from the first-ever White House summit on "next generation high schools ," held at the Old Executive Office...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

The widespread use of suspension and expulsion in schools reflects a national belief in "zero tolerance" to set a tone of academic focus and seriousness and to maintain order and safety. Yet, is this effective discipline?

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as ... Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into ... performance of struggling pupils. But in...

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UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot

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05/20/2019

... York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot New York, NY (May 20, ... in new endowment dollars for participating Jewish day schools and yeshivot in New York. Twenty-two...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

Rockefeller-Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change The Global ... since its launch earlier this year, 125 health professions schools and programs around the world...

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'

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06/24/2016

... Thursday the funding would allow students at some public schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the ...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... to Pro-Charter School Advocates, Families for Excellent Schools Two hedge fund billionaires dropped $1 million ... at pro-charter lobbying powerhouse Families for Excellent Schools have declined to name the...

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

... groups of influential students in 56 New Jersey middle schools to spread messages about the dangers of bullying and ... or the social norms and behavioral patterns in their schools . Social referents are not...

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

... Question Is: What’s Next? In a recent Tuesday morning, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña walked into a classroom at ... the enormous investments the city has made in dozens of schools that have floundered for...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

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12/02/2021

... to racially and economically segregated, underfunded schools .4 Nationwide, two out of five Black and Latinx students attend schools where more than 90 percent of their classmates are ... children are the...

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Committee for Children Launches Out-of-School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace Foundation

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03/26/2019

... annually with research-based SEL curricula taught in schools across the US and around the world, we know that ...

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New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone

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07/11/2019

New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone NEW YORK, July 11, ... goal of providing grief training and resources to 1,000 schools across the country...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Provides a $3.25 Million Grant to Cornell Law School for Death Penalty Center

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10/28/2016

The center will focus on the application of international human rights norms that favor abolition of the death penalty in the United States and other countries.

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Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

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11/21/2017

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce its first-ever endowed chair, in journalism innovation, and the first designee will be Professor Jeff Jarvis, a world-renowned thought leader on the future of the news business.

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs Mayor Bill de Blasio's ... step toward meeting a campaign pledge to turn at least 100 schools into community hubs that...

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