This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Looking back at Sound Discipline’s first year with SVP, somehow the road ahead is what comes into focus. It’s been a year for laying the groundwork — shifting from a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It was as fundamental as survival for the organization,” says Team Read Executive Director Maureen Massey. “If we hadn’t done the capacity work that we did with SVP, Team Read…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students who engage in personalized learning do better in math than their peers, and charter schools are more conducive to implementing and scaling personalized learning programs than traditional schools, because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The faculty of public schools are still primarily white and female. We know this intuitively but it is also the data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Our students are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the US Department of Education now approving state ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) plans, attention turns to those plans’ contents. This includes how states intend to help kids assigned…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People often ask me why today’s youth increasingly suffer from anxiety and depression. First, look at some basic factors that help protect us all from depression. Adequate sleep, exercise, healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Standing at the front of her classroom this past February, the public high-school English teacher Jana Rohrer wrote the words “American Flag” on the board and asked her ninth-grade students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s the latest, more profound way in which wealthier students have an advantage over lower-income ones: Those enrolled in private and suburban public high schools are being awarded higher grades—critical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Collaboration is not a new idea. The social sector has long been sharing experiences of what works and what doesn’t. And as the sector looks to achieve the ambitious Sustainable…
As the entrepreneurs, leaders and workers of tomorrow, children are vital to our country’s growth, prosperity and well being. When children thrive, our nation thrives. That’s why we have produced the KIDS…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The production aims to give high schoolers a chance to experience the Broadway smash — and participate in a hands-on curriculum — but the 21-week run in Hollywood comes with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost 20 percent of all young people around age 15 are not financially literate — they don’t have skills like budgeting income and expenses, pulling a credit report or understanding the terms…