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The global, youth-led Green Hope Foundation is working to teach young people the meaning of sustainable development. At the age of 12, founder and president Kehkashan Basu attended Rio+20 in…

Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and the Electoral College. Although there is…

The need to connect is fundamental. But diminishing social ties and community support are contributing to the loneliness epidemic.

With billions of dollars in federal funding available to communities, local officials pursuing climate action and economic development should consider how to incorporate an equity lens into their planning, engagement, and funding strategies…

A February 2024 report about a research-and-development program inside the Department of Education found that only 26 percent of the innovations yielded any positive benefits for students and no negative harms.

New reviews of jail policies in 13 states found vague, confusing or nonexistent guidelines and major hurdles to obtaining an abortion.

Students with disabilities need high-quality teachers, but not all teachers have the needed training and skills. A study suggests a strategy that may help.

Only a small percentage of private foundations use their endowment assets for impact investing…

Students in rural America still lack access to high-speed internet at home despite governmental efforts during the pandemic to fill the void. This lack of access negatively affects their academic…

“I don’t think money is going to solve it.But I also feel like we do have a responsibility to ensure that we are taking care of the people who are working for all of us.”…

Last year, an organization we both respect sent a provocative video message to funders. “You need to stop doing community engagement.” Because both our organizations, Fund for Shared Insight and…

Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood. Adolescents face risks from testing out independence, navigating peer relationships,…