This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Commencement Address by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF Washington College – Chestertown, Maryland It is an intriguing question – What comes next? I imagine that from the time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. May is always an important month in the college calendar. Many high-school seniors across the nation make the decision where to attend college; millions of college students graduate and enter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sierra Health Foundation launched the Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI) in 2012 with the goal of supporting California counties to change the way they approach and work with justice-involved youth.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In honor of SVCF’s 10th anniversary, we’re featuring stories of the amazing individuals, families and organizations that have partnered with us to develop their philanthropy and address pressing issues in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. DEVENS, Massachusetts—It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school. The teacher, Barbara Curtin, discusses the differences between mean, mode, and median while her students at the Francis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As enrollment in higher education reaches record-levels-69.7 percent of all high-school graduates in 2016, a hidden danger awaits thousands at the starting line: Being “eligible” for college admission doesn’t mean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—After a nearly 25-year career representing Florida in Congress, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was found guilty on Thursday of taking money from a charity that was purported to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past five years I’ve had the pleasure of talking to many adults that mentor youth through their programs. Audiences come from a variety of youth-serving organizations including school…
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson,…
Paul Tudor Jones II loves capitalism. It’s a system that has done him very well over the last few decades. Nonetheless, the hedge fund manager and philanthropist is concerned that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past thirty seconds, three more children were born in the United States. Of these three, only two are likely to graduate from high school. Millions of children in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early childhood is a unique time of life, when children’s bodies – especially their brains – are developing rapidly. The most acute stages of human neurological development begin in the…