This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Girls’ education has been back in the news since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Certainly, some of the attention stems from a desire to gauge whether the Taliban has progressed in…
The United States should better support the parents of young children, argues professor Dana Suskind. Compared to similar countries, the US has the largest happiness gap between the 63 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Robby Kangwa remembers the exact moment he decided to become a teacher. But what unfolded was not just a career of teaching, but a life dedicated to creating more opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past 23 years, Mona Foundation has worked to alleviate global poverty through education, gender equality, and community transformation. We currently partner with 26 grassroots initiatives in 15 countries to educate and empower…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Education influences virtually everyone at key points in their lives—and is tied to a range of positive social outcomes, from health to social mobility to civic engagement. In different parts…
The pandemic continues to expose the existing inequalities, inefficiencies, and siloed nature of the country’s child care, education, and workforce systems. Frontline workers lacked a way to identify child care…
Despite decades of reform efforts, Black students’ educational experiences continue to be shaped by anti-blackness, the general or specific contempt for blackness, resulting in Black people not being seen as…
We’ve all had duds. We’ve worked on projects far longer than we would have liked to and failed. We’ve agonised over missteps. We’ve learned from roadblocks — sometimes we’ve not.…
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill last week that restricts how current events and America’s history of racism can be taught in Texas schools. It’s been commonly referred to as the…
More than three-quarters of four-year undergraduate students who considered stopping out in the past six months said it was due to emotional stress, according to a new survey from Gallup and the…
This op-ed by Suzanne Nossel was previously published on April 20, 2022 in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Reprinted with permission. __________ An alarming trend is gaining strength in dozens of states across…
Amit Paley is the CEO and executive director of the Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. Before diving into the world of…