This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Third-grade scores are probably strongly influenced by poverty and home life, while growth from third to eighth grade is probably more influenced by the quality of schooling. Growth rates better…
Our planet will soon have more adults over age 65 than children under the age of 5—an unprecedented demographic shift. Gains in human longevity mean that, on average, we experience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 60% of Africans are under the age of 30. Every year, 12 million youths enter the labor market, yet, there are only jobs for 2–3 million. To create millions of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The percentage of American philanthropy funding that goes toward aging programs is less than two percent. Grantmakers In Aging wants to remedy that. The organization — which began 35 years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s economy is rigged against working families and in favor of the wealthy and the powerful. That’s not by accident. CEOs and the politicians who do their bidding have written…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On an August morning, at a festival ground less than an hour from Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, banners touting agribusinesses bent in the breeze across from a small stage. There,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Resources from the European Union budget will be put towards nonlethal support of foreign militaries for the first time, following a reform intended to create the “missing link” between security…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The firestorm was the most destructive and deadliest disaster in California history, burning an estimated 200,000 acres and 6,500 homes in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Lake Counties and displacing thousands…
The following introduction is an excerpt from a Safe Routes to School National Partnership research article, read the full PDF available above __________________________________ Hey, baby!” By the time many girls…
Sen. Marco Rubio’s 11th-hour demand for a bigger child tax credit, along with other last-minute changes, makes clear that the U.S. tax bill is still far from a done deal. Given how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) announced the launch of its Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge (The Challenge). The company will commit $10 million over two years to attract promising ideas that will help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scott Gordon had just arrived in his job as provost of Eastern Washington University when an alumnus approached him at a meet-and-greet in the Skyline Ballroom of Spokane’s Hotel RL.…