Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Analysis from a Stanford center says that on average, charter students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading.
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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told an audience in Washington Tuesday.
Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would be holding onto federal funding that helps offset uncompensated care until it can determine an equitable way to distribute the money. Those funds include money that was expected to be distributed last year and...
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state-of-the-art recreation center has seen successive setbacks in recent months.
Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Is New York City significantly better prepared for the next big one? My answer is “No.”
NYPD: Serious Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Crime in New York City fell at a record-breaking rate in September, the NYPD said Tuesday, with homicides, shootings and other serious offenses dropping to the lowest level in the modern era of record keeping.
Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Almost no one denies that New York City’s property tax system is profoundly flawed.
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Billionaire Warren Buffett says America will continue to prosper overall, but government and philanthropists should do more to ensure that poverty doesn't remain a barrier success.
Opinion: Take a Resistance Break
Release Date:
10/04/2017
When our social fabric and civil society itself are fraying, all of us should be asking ourselves how we can transform our lifelong skills into the protection of our most fundamental values, and each other.
The MoMA Goes to Paris
Release Date:
10/04/2017
On October 11, 200 works from New York City’s MoMA go on view at the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Amid a nationwide surge in immigration arrests spearheaded by the Trump administration, the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday whether immigrants facing deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a...
Why the Trump Admin Opposed a UN Resolution On Killing Gay People
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The Trump administration has faced some intense criticism this week for voting against a U.N. resolution that condemned the death penalty for LGBT people.
Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety
Release Date:
10/04/2017
President Trump sure is blasé about making America’s food safer.
Five Essential Tips for Setting Up a Social Enterprise
Release Date:
10/04/2017
You've got a great idea. It might help the world. Or it might just help some people. Either way, you want to do good and make a living. So where do you start?
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly...
Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
How much sleep do teens get each night during the school year?
Obama Environmental Chief Says Trump Rollbacks Won't Wash
Release Date:
10/04/2017
President Barack Obama’s former environment chief bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back environmental oversight, but said moves to undo his climate legacy would not withstand legal challenges.
Time To Revisit Reporting
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Jessica Bearman and Elizabeth Myrick, consultants to Project Streamline an initiative of PEAK Grantmaking, introduce Project Streamline's new effort around grant reporting practices.
United Hospital Fund Recognizes Four New Yorkers For Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care
Release Date:
10/04/2017
United Hospital Fund paid tribute tonight at its annual gala to leaders in philanthropy, banking, and health care—James H. Simons, PhD, Priscilla Almodovar, Robert Gore, MD, and James R. Tallon, Jr.—in recognition of their important contributions to...
New York State Health Foundation releases new data snapshot "Health Care Spending Trends in New York State"
Release Date:
10/04/2017
New York's health care spending overall and per capita are among the highest in the nation. Health care expenditures were the second highest in the country, totaling $193 billion in 2014, up from $165 billion in 2009. A new data snapshot from...