This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New York State’s new graduation options were meant to ensure students aren’t unfairly kept from graduation, but a new analysis found a drawback: black and low-income students are more likely to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you encourage that kind of curiosity and passion in kids, and the persistence to follow where it leads? Elm City wants to find out. It’s one of three…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are service opportunities for young people in just about every category you could imagine. And thanks to GreatNonprofits, they’re easy to find and sort by your area of interest:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Saturday, March 3, Bloomberg hosted its 5th annual Startup Young Women’s Leadership Summit, convening 500 high school and college-aged girls at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a day of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There has been a lot of talk about the recent “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” movements, but at least one organization insists those words still need to be followed up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fair Trade Certified. Certified Organic. Non-GMO. Certified Humane — we’re used to seeing these labels scattered over products touting their ethical and environmental backgrounds. But the brands and farmers meeting these standards often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently arrived at my first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Sudan’s West Darfur State. MSF is working in a small health centre in a camp for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Any discussion of criminal justice policy inevitably includes the word “recidivism.”Usually more than once. Recidivism is the reoccurrence of crime among people known to have committed crimes before. At all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sharon Reasonover first started volunteering at the age of 16. It was the summer before her junior year of high school, and she hadn’t really understood the meaning behind doing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For generations, youth of color have sparked movements igniting a fight for safe, healthy and just schools and communities. Often they’ve waged long-term campaigns against great odds as they watch…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA), for the first time establishes a funding stream and structure to support and advance the implementation of Pay for Success contracting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is perhaps not surprising that President Donald Trump and other conservative lawmakers would find a way to blame former President Barack Obama in some fashion for the Parkland school…