The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft statement in April 2022 recommending screening for anxiety in children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 18. This recommendation…
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Traditional approaches to solving social problems often focus on specific areas like housing, education, or health, but these problems don’t exist in a vacuum. Some organizations are achieving remarkable change…
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Public libraries have long been thought of as cornerstones of the neighborhoods they occupy—a quintessential piece of community infrastructure. But can these cornerstones be used to address some of our…
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At Feedback Labs, we love hearing stories of how nonprofits and foundations have implemented feedback and we want to share those stories with our community to inspire and give helpful…
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Click here for more.As I read “What’s Not Changing (Much) in Funder Practice: Multiyear GOS” on the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) blog, I found the advice for foundations considering multiyear general operating…
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Florida’s rejection of 42 math textbooks for including “prohibited” topics obscures a more nuanced and important issue: Decades of educational research are colliding with American views about freedom and morality. The books…
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Vulnerable populations in small towns face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages, finds new research in Iowa. Study leader Benjamin Shirtcliff focused on three Iowa towns—Marshalltown, Ottumwa, and…
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Midlife was once considered a time to enjoy the fruits of one’s years of work and parenting. That is no longer true in the U.S. Deaths of despair and chronic…
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My first executive director position was with MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose, CA. I distinctly remember the day I started, it was May 7th, 2003…
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David Leonhardt of the New York Times covered two major stories in education research during the first week of May. Together, they have strong implications for how those in philanthropy…
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A baby formula shortage has added to the woes of American parents already confronted with the pressures of raising an infant during a pandemic in a country ranked low for…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to draw greater attention to mental health issues that can be neglected in public policy debates. Even as the worst of the pandemic recedes, this…