The Counterrevolution Against School Reform
We are in the midst of a harsh counterrevolution against school reform, and severed heads are beginning to pile up.
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Billionaire Sean Parker is nerding out on cancer research Science has never seen anyone quite like him
Science has never seen anyone quite like him
Interview with Catherine Koenen
Catherine Koenen, executive director of the Gianforte Family Foundation, discusses entrepreneurship and how the foundation is creating opportunities in Montana.
PA Civics formed to promote and expand civics education in Pennsylvania
The bipartisan coalition includes former and current public officials
and organizations across the state, including Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.
Recovery Managers
Well before Hurricane Harvey reached Houston in August 2017, it hurtled through Aransas County, Texas. The small coastal region endured 130 mile-per-hour winds, the strongest to hit the United States Read more…
NEH Seeks Proposals for National Convenings on the State of American History and Civics Education
New funding opportunity to gather information on civic literacy within K-12 education, offered through an interagency partnership between NEH and the Department of Education
USCIS Announces Plan to Improve the Naturalization Test
The goal is to create a meaningful, uniform, and efficient test that will assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.
Another Progressive Attack on School Reform
In May, the board of the Houston Independent School District voted to not renew the district’s contract with Teach For America, ending a partnership set in place since 1991. Houston Read more…
The Unspoken Causes Of Physician Burnout
According to a recent Harvard report, physician burnout is “a public health crisis that urgently demands action.”
A Creative Approach to Higher Ed
Franklin Olin was a classic American entrepreneur who became a generous philanthropist. Hundreds of millions of dollars of his family money was poured into higher education. Walk the campuses of Read more…
The School Success Sequence
What it takes to bring excellent education to poor children
Taps for All
There are few successions of 24 notes that evoke the same mix of melancholy and uplift as “Taps.” In 2000, Congress passed Public Law 106-65 requiring that every eligible veteran Read more…
Interview with Ken Langone
Raised by a plumber and a cafeteria lady, the man who financed the launch of Home Depot describes a loan he can never pay back, why he made medical-school tuition at NYU free, and reasons for giving anonymously.
Summer 2019 – Briefly Noted
A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California’s homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.
Scholars Across Carolina
How one excellent scholarship reverberated into others
Giving by Degrees
Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy
America Working Forward
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Special Report
SHRM Getting Talent Back to Work Toolkit
Information, guidance and tools needed to hire confidently from the formerly incarcerated labor pool and make an impact
Creating Entrepreneurship Pathways for Opportunity Youth
Early Experiences from the Youth Entrepreneurship Fund Grantees
2019 Liberty Medal Awarded to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
The National Constitution Center will award its 31st annual Liberty Medal to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy for his efforts to preserve, protect, and defend liberty.