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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…
- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
The Future Already Happened
September 14, 2011A colleague of mine recently lamented that, despite all the hype, “technology in the classroom” is hardly a new concept. In the 1980s, when the first PCs were …
Inspiration and Impact on Staten Island
August 29, 2011FSG has been working with a group of stakeholders on Staten Island to design a collective impact approach to fight youth alcohol and prescription drug abuse. A…
Developing World, Developing Skills
August 17, 2011India is certainly a fascinating place (as I’m getting to see firsthand, having worked here for the past couple of months). It’s a country of contrasts created…
Summer Buzz Around Teaching
August 4, 2011School’s out, summer vacations abound, heatwaves have struck, and there must be something in the air (besides endless humidity and the feeling that summer is a…
Round Two i3 Grants: Let’s Scale & Innovate
August 3, 2011Hours after the deadline for round two Investing in Innovation (i3) grant applications, it’s a good time to reflect on what’s gone right, so far, with the fede…
Youth in Foster Care: An Invisible Underserved Population
July 14, 2011For the past few weeks, I have been learning about an important, underserved group of youth in the United States: Foster Youth.
Early Learning Indicators – Race to the Top
July 13, 2011By December 2011, the U.S. government will allocate $500 million to states through the Race to the Top (RTTT) Early Learning Challenge (ELC). The ELC is a new…
Can 4th Graders Save the World?
July 5, 2011Like many of you, I'm a big fan of TED. As part of my research for my series on creativity and education, I came across musician and teacher John Hunter and th…
Musings on the Global Education Movement
June 28, 20112015 is rapidly approaching, and among all of the Millennium Development Goals, we’ve arguably come closest to achieving Goal #2: Universal Primary Education. …
Academic Rigor: A Right, Privilege, or Burden?
June 15, 2011I recently attended a screening of Race to Nowhere, a wide-ranging documentary film that addresses a number of issues related to the increasing academic demand…