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In Tight Times, Many Nonprofits Feel the Pinch as Contributions Dwindle
By GLENN COLLINS Could we have picked a worse time for a gala? asked Richard J. Moylan, president of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, regretting the disappointing turnout for the institution’s fund-raising dinner on Friday night. He could have spoken for hundreds of nonprofits of all…
Author: The New York Times
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Democratic groups ready their agendas
Labor, health and other interests want a say. Party members debate whether to take a centrist course. by Janet Hook The nation’s capital woke up Wednesday to a political landscape upended by voters clamoring for change, delivering to Democrats more power than they have wielded…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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One Year Into My Brother's Keeper – What We've Done and What's to Come
By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programs The Atlantic Philanthropies As today’s reports from President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative and the Executives’ Alliance for Boys and Men of Color make clear, tremendous work has been done in the past year. And much more…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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How Our Schools Are Holding Black Girls Back
By Lori Bezahler, Cassie Schwerner and Kavitha Mediratta Lori Bezahler is the President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. Cassie Schwerner is Senior Vice President of Programs at the Schott Foundation for Public Education. Kavitha Mediratta is Head of Racial Equity Programs at The Atlantic…
Author: TIME
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Syracuse School District Names 50-Member Task Force on Student Conduct
Lekia Hill, lead organizer in Syracuse for the Alliance for Quality Education, asks UCLA expert Dan Losen a question at a Sept. 30 board session. Hill was named one of 50 members of the district’s new Code of Conduct Task Force. Photo: Gary Walts By…
Author: Syracuse.com
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Judge Rules NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory
In a historic ruling on 12 August 2013, a federal judge found the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk practices — which entail temporarily detaining people on the street, questioning them, and possibly also frisking or searching them — unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. This legal victory…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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School Suspensions Lead to Nowhere Good: Commentary
Henninger High School hall monitor Shirley Doesey during a change of classes. Teachers say behavior is worse in city schools this year and the district isn’t doing enough about it. Meanwhile, study says district is suspending too many kids, and more black and Latino kids…
Author: Syracuse.com
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LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'
When Garfield High School in Los Angeles stopped suspending students for “willful defiance” several years ago, it saw suspensions drop from more than 600 to just one. Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to follow suit in all LA schools. Photo: Reed…
Author: NPR
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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
By Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor, Equity Initiatives & Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from school, disengaging them from learning and increasing the likelihood they will get caught up…
Author: Philanthropy New York
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School discipline: Ringing a bell for reform
By Judith Kaye There are many lessons I took with me from my treasured 15 years as chief judge of the state of New York, principally that there is an “after-life”—meaning, after mandatory retirement from the court at age 70. Always there is opportunity to…
Author: New York Amsterdam News