This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It had been a long night for Shanta Sweatt. After working a 16-hour shift cleaning the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, in Nashville, and then catching the 11:15 bus to her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. Around 2012, I noticed abrupt shifts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is Hope Academy, an alternative program for ninth- and 10th-graders at Sequim Senior High School, in the rain shadow of Olympic National Park. The goal is to offer an…
If you could do one thing – the most important thing – to influence the life of a young child, what would that be (it’s likely not what you first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Texas Instruments and its namesake foundation have given $6.2 million this year to support science, technology, engineering and math education from kindergarten through 12th grade. Most of the money —…
Rutger Bregman (1988) studied at Utrecht University and the University of California in Los Angeles, majoring in History. In September 2013 Bregman joined the online journalism platform De Correspondent. His…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Girls of color face too many threats to their well-being and safety both from physical assaults and emotional attacks on their identity in public and private spaces. And these threats…
Dr. Galván’s expertise is in adolescent brain development. Her research aims to uncover the neurobiology underlying characteristic teenage behavior, such as risk-taking, exploration, and thrill-seeking. Through her research, Dr. Galván’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While there are many indicators of opportunity and the condition of communities, few are more important than the poverty rate. That rate–the percentage of people with incomes below the federally-defined…
Peter L. Benson, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world’s leading authorities on positive human development. Dr. Benson is the author or editor of more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Remember, it’s Vegas rules, guys. What happens here, stays here,” says Alexander Chan to a room full of giggling high school teenagers as he goes over the ground rules for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Poverty is normally seen as a deep, complex, social problem. But to the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman it comes down to something simple: a lack of cash. In a well-received talk…