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New Visions for Public Schools Launches First-of-its-Kind Career Directory for NYC Students

As seen on the New Visions for Public Schools Blog October 6, 2025 | New York, NY – New Visions...

New Partnership Aims to Teach Staten Island Second Graders to Swim — A Life-Saving, Confidence-Building Skill for All NYC Kids

New York, NY – September 16, 2025 — In a bold new effort to expand access to essential life skills...

Why Job-Skill Certificates Often Fail – and How Heckscher Is Rewriting the Playbook

A new Wall Street Journal report shows most credentials don’t pay off. The Heckscher Foundation’s RFP model requires something different:...

Convening Cross-Sector Solutions for a Clean Energy Workforce

On April 28, 2025, Civic Hall hosted Building the Clean Energy Future, a full-day conference focused on the workforce implications...

Heckscher Grantee, Math Teacher Lauren Brady wins prestigious 2025 MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education

As seen in Math for America NEW YORK, NY – Math for America (MƒA) today announced that high school mathematics...

Heckscher Foundation Welcomes New Leadership Fellow Susanna Suh

The Heckscher Foundation welcomes Susanna Suh as a Heckscher Leadership Fellow as of January 1, 2025. Designed after similar programs...

Heckscher funded Literacy Academy Collective opening its second school, in Brooklyn

As seen in Chalkbeat. City officials want to close a shrinking Brooklyn school, replacing it with a new one designed...

HIP Launches in NYC with Heckscher Funding, Tackling the Mental Health Crises

As seen in the HIP August 2024 Newsletter HIP is thrilled to announce that we will begin programming throughout the...