This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For more than three decades, a small-but-growing sector of mission-driven organizations known as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) have been at the forefront of creating equity and opportunity in underinvested communities. Limited funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Tad and Dianne Taube of Taube Philanthropies donated $14.5 million to research initiatives on addiction and concussion in youth at the Stanford School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. $9.5…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that parents will show up to see their children perform. Parents will beam with pride at the elementary school play, the middle school band concert, or the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we drive meaningful change in the private sector to encourage sustainability and support communities while growing economies? Promote women’s leadership. Last week, in celebration of International Women’s Day,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Denver teachers who challenged a landmark state law that allows school districts to put certain experienced educators on unpaid leave lost their cases Monday. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, a report on Public School Choice, the program that gave outside operators and inside innovators an opportunity to take over schools in Los Angeles Unified, reminded us of why it’s difficult to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I joined Ashford University, I was asked to create a master’s program in managing information systems. The program is focused on students who are mid-career IT folks looking to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After receiving some federal aid, she still owed $600 for tuition and faced being dropped from classes if that was not paid quickly. She was also worried about paying for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Blocks of Hope was once envisioned as a pint-sized version of the Harlem Children’s Zone. The project would provide an array of educational and social services to young children and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mentoring is one of oldest ways that people have found to connect with each other and be changed in the process. One would think that quotes like these would seem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Curriculum was buying used textbooks, and the easiest place to obtain them was Amazon,” says the director of purchasing and warehouse at William S. Hart Union High School District in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Digital Learning Day, which highlights instructional practices that effectively use technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience as well as the educators and school leaders that are working to improve…