This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First-grader Gracie Marvin was born without a right hand, making it difficult for her to master a classic elementary school rite of passage. She’s always wanted to ride her bike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Tad and Dianne Taube of Taube Philanthropies donated $14.5 million to research initiatives on addiction and concussion in youth at the Stanford School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. $9.5…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sector-switchers can be an indispensable asset to education organizations in pursuit of innovation, bringing sharp skills honed elsewhere. And with a fresher set of eyes on your challenges, a sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that parents will show up to see their children perform. Parents will beam with pride at the elementary school play, the middle school band concert, or the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The proportion of women who have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime ranges from 15 percent in Japan and Laos, to 68 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmentalists have talked for decades about the value of the clean air, clean water, biodiversity and other “services” provided by nature. Now comes the fullest accounting to date of actual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I joined Ashford University, I was asked to create a master’s program in managing information systems. The program is focused on students who are mid-career IT folks looking to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mentoring is one of oldest ways that people have found to connect with each other and be changed in the process. One would think that quotes like these would seem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melony Edwards is a first-generation farmer currently working as Farm Manager at Willowood Farm of Ebey’s Prairie on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle. Food Tank spoke with Edwards about her ongoing efforts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, America Forward celebrates 10 years of collective advocacy work. As we celebrate this important milestone and lay the foundation for what the next 10 years hold, we are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just days after a gunman walked onto campus and killed 17 people, Parkland, Florida student Emma Gonzalez took the podium in Fort Lauderdale with fervor. In a high-profile speech to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new, widely debated federal mandate requires truckers to electronically track the number of hours they’re on the road — a rule that’s meant to make highways safer. But there’s…