This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Meredith Epstein, an expert agricultural educator, will be speaking at the Washington D.C. Food Tank Summit titled, “Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Food Leaders,” held in partnership with The George Washington…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The brave group of Florida high school students from Parkland leading the fight for gun control are carrying on a long legacy of kids growing politically active — and powerful.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research consistently finds a simple trend: where there are more guns, there are more deaths. That’s true everywhere in the world, and it’s true in the classroom, too. A cross-national study…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since gaining independence in 1957, Ghana has focused on improving access to education and achieving universal enrolment. Primary education became free in 1961 and the 1980s saw major reforms swept through the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. John Cornyn of Texas, the number-two Republican in the Senate, and Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, the chamber’s leading proponent of gun regulation, have a bill to address deficiencies in the background-check system.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Florida culinary teacher who sheltered 65 students in her classroom during last week’s mass shooting gave a simple, but compelling, explanation for why faculty shouldn’t be armed and expected to fire…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of its Family-Centered Community Change work, the Annie E. Casey Foundation is partnering with community development initiatives in three cities to integrate disconnected services for kids and adults. With an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate, limited funds have crippled the humanitarian response. This has left many affected populations without, or with limited,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The proportion of U.S. adults in paid work has declined in recent decades. While the fall in male employment gets the most attention, female work rates are declining too. A new NBER…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was my first time on a jury. I was 31, balancing two jobs while going to graduate school. It was 2009, New Orleans was infested with crime, and I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Go to overlooked places: Love of place drives the desire of entrepreneurs to solve local problems. Solve real problems: The best entrepreneurs solve problems they understand from their own lived experience.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Federal funding for child care assistance is set to increase by $5.8 billion over the next two years under the terms of the bipartisan budget agreement passed earlier this month. But how will state…