Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
Release Date:
06/19/2014
Reasons why a high-quality universal pre-K program could be an effective tool for severing the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Goldman Sachs: Women Are the Smartest Investment We Can Make
Release Date:
06/16/2014
"Womenomics" became the impetus behind one of Goldman Sachs’ most powerful investments, "10,000 Women."
Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)
Release Date:
06/13/2014
A badge can offer a more complete, accurate depiction of an educational experience than a grade or a test score.
Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students
Release Date:
06/03/2014
Important for the future of the city’s public schools and the prospects for its students are the quite radical but largely overlooked contract provisions affecting how administrators and teachers will work with each other.
What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?
Release Date:
05/19/2014
Regardless of our approach to public-private funding partnerships, it is essential for philanthropists to engage with our government counterparts in order to better understand the larger policy, regulatory and funding environment within which we and...
Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors
Release Date:
05/12/2014
Judith Rodin of The Rockefeller Foundation and Margot Brandenburg of the Nathan Cummings Foundation on their new e-book “The Power of Impact Investing: Making Markets Work for Profit and Public Good.”
The Perpetuity Debate
Release Date:
04/29/2014
John Hoover of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies has a different perspective about perpetuity. He writes that spending down is a healthy issue for donors and Boards to consider, but there are significant points of clarification to think...
Perpetuity, continued
Release Date:
04/24/2014
Tony Proscio of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy keeps the conversation going around the question: What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity? This topic was the...
From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?
Release Date:
04/21/2014
On April 2 and 3, Neighborhood Funders Group hosted From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?, a two-day learning tour that focused on the promise of both cities’ new mayoral administrations to be more transparent and accountable, and...
Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges
Release Date:
04/17/2014
Research shows the increasing importance of the post-secondary credential to one’s ability to participate in the labor market in this knowledge economy. It is predicted that in our not-too-distant future, over 60% of jobs in the U.S. will require one
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