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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…
Sharing is Caring
June 8, 2011As part of our work in building the field and learning more ourselves about the strong force of CSV (Creating Shared Value), the Education & Youth practice has…
College Access & Economic Mobility
June 8, 2011I’m going to Atlanta in two weeks to moderate a panel at the National Charter School Conference on Practices to Increase College Success and it’s got me thinki…
The Search For Creativity
May 9, 2011More and more businesses are recognizing that creativity is an important competitive advantage.
Old Enough to Drive and be Prosecuted in Criminal Court
April 7, 2011Efforts to prosecute fewer teenagers in adult court have been making the headlines of late. Last week, the New York Times wrote of recent efforts by states lik…
Funding & Accountability On A Collision Course
March 11, 2011State by state the dominoes are falling. In Florida, Governor Rick Scott is proposing a $1.75 billion cut in the education budget. In Texas, bills proposing an…
Unrest in Our Schools
March 2, 2011As protests rage and political powers are overthrown in the Middle East, we are seeing a similar battle ensuing at home. In Madison, New York City and Philadel…
An Emerging Brain Drain from the US?
February 16, 2011Jay Matthews of the Washington Post recently posted an interesting column titled “The myth of declining U.S. schools: They’ve long been mediocre” based on a Br…
Middle School Madness
February 8, 2011“If you love bungee jumping, you’re the middle school type.” So starts Peter Meyer’s article,The Middle School Mess, in the winter 2011 edition of Education Ne…
A Sputnik Moment for US Education
February 1, 2011Last week, President Obama highlighted the need to invest more in education and technology to boost American innovation. His State of the Union remarks were fr…
Looking at No Child Left Behind v. 2.0
January 27, 2011Attention this week has been on President Obama’s State of the Union address, in which he outlined his vision for education and set the stage for the rewriting…