This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1984 Larkin Street Youth Services opened a drop-in center on Larkin Street in San Francisco to divert homeless and runaway youth from prostitution, drug dealing, and theft. From the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Evidence in Action blog series highlights the voices of the more than 70 social innovation organizations that make up the America Forward Coalition, the results-driven solutions our community has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When people hear “democracy,” they tend to get warm, fuzzy feelings. As the Century Foundation’s Richard Kahlenberg writes in an article that, among other things, portrays private school choice as a threat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The inequality at the heart of America’s education system HARTFORD, Conn.— This is one of the wealthiest states in the union. But thousands of children here attend schools that are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the moment they start kindergarten, a quarter of children from low-income families are not prepared to learn. And while we know from research that the greatest opportunities to improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The beginning of May was the deadline for the last of high-school seniors to make their final decision about where they’re going to college next fall. For some it was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government’s involvement in student lending not only increases bureaucratic red tape, but also introduces harmful incentives into the marketplace. These practices, ostensibly intended to make college education more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As states move to adopt college- and career-ready accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many educators and researchers argue that assessments will not be able to adequately…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. [This article is part 4 of the series Continuing Conversations on Leveraging Educational Technology to Advance Jewish Learning. The series is a project of Jewish Funders Network, the Jim Joseph…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Excerpt from Leap of Reason Update, February 2017 On a day when snowfall slowed the normal bustle of Midtown Manhattan, Lowell Weiss and Jennifer Hoos Rothberg, the dynamic executive director…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In rural India, half of village children can’t read or understand math at a level appropriate to their age and grade. This disparity in education creates ripples through society; it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every April, Match High School principal Hannah Larkin and the staff celebrate a few major college admission victories in the senior class. Much to their dismay, they also become bearers…