Fall 2013 – Closing America’s Other Achievement Gap
Why donors should help our most talented students reach their full potential.
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Fall 2013 – Books in Brief
Reviews on two recent reads about school reform and data-driven philanthropy: Reign of Error and The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving.
Blending, Upending
Is blended learning the disruptive innovation of K–12 reform? Check out this preview from The Philanthropy Roundtable’s new guidebook “Blended Learning: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Supporting Tech-assisted Teaching” by Laura Vanderkam.
Learning from the Sunset
Five lessons for lasting impact from foundations that spend down.
Lessons in Citizenship
American students are increasingly ignorant of American civics, notes Naomi Schaefer Riley. Fortunately, a few private donors have taken the lead in the effort to restore a healthy appreciation for the Founding principles.
Common Core’s Uncommon Rise
Released in 2010, the Common Core Standards are the first set of shared, nationwide, grade-by-grade benchmarks for what students are expected to learn. Liam Julian details how philanthropists helped create a movement for national standards.
Cash for the Poor?
A tale of unconventional givers.
Where Boys Flounder
Today’s schools are inhospitable to many young males. Two books show us that this educational decay will mean worse things to come if we don’t restore excellence in the schooling of both sexes.
Fall 2013 – Interview with Charles Bronfman
Handing down heritage in Canada and Israel, spending down by 2016.
A Gateway to Peace and Prosperity
A Texas couple create a new community to help women exit cycles of abuse.
Beware of Blind Spots
Two veteran social reformers encourage the Ford Foundation not to overlook the tough elements that are essential to the success of tough love in combating economic inequality.
Summer 2016 – Interview with Jim Gibbons
Goodwill’s CEO discusses social enterprise and the power of work.
The Power of Science Philanthropy
Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer.
Summer 2016 – Interview with Denny Sanford
Denny Sanford on his $1.4 billion in giving to medical research, physics, and more.
Summer 2016 – Nonprofit Spotlight: EarthEnable
A healthier $30 alternative to dirt floors.
Summer 2016 – Briefly Noted
Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher’s union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.
Good Blue-Collar News That Donors Can Use
Investments in “middle-skill” jobs can open powerful paths to prosperity.
Summer 2016 – Educating Entrepreneurs
Want to increase prosperity by cultivating the next generation of wealth creators? Six things to consider.
A Watchdog with Only One Eye
“The history she describes is not hidden, and the people she writes about are not radicals.” A review of author Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: This very selective “exposé” distorts reality.
Summer 2016 – President’s Note
Reasons to join us in Charleston.