This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, I read the Road Block Analysis Report by the Open Road Alliance that shows that the biggest barrier nonprofits face is…our very own funders. In fact, according to the executive summary: Funder-Created…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At The Learning Accelerator, we’ve spent the past year deeply networking with more than 100 school leaders across eight regions nationally. This work is founded on the belief that great principals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The switch to telehealth showed how virtual physical therapy services are possible, but also exposed some technical issues for people living in rural areas. As a pediatric physical therapist in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the pandemic has taught us anything – other than that working from home has pros and cons, especially if you’re a parent trying to home school during a lockdown…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Both human and swine waste contaminated surface waters with fecal bacteria in the wake of 2018’s Hurricane Florence, according to a new study. “We found that surface waters in eastern…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The problem is not that schools aren’t collecting enough information about student performance. It’s that teachers have too much data. It’s overwhelming for them. They don’t know what data points to focus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each day educators interact with young people facing challenges like food insecurity, immigration, and deportation issues, social or emotional health, fear of school shootings, sexual and gender orientation, just to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign, conceived by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a means to advocate for equality and opportunity, was launched in Mississippi, defiantly, in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When was the last time you watched a movie about poverty? Our Economic Justice team recently kicked off a new tradition of regularly watching movies about poverty to critically examine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, breakthrough technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of satellite imagery made it possible to disrupt the way we collect, process, and analyze data. Facilitated by the intersection…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a long history of U.S. courts being called upon to fix large-scale public health crises. Lawyers and judges, for instance, were key in settling claims related to asbestos, lead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not just the delta variant that makes Zhenghao Lin, a Chinese immigrant, nervous about returning to school next month. Zhenghao, a rising senior at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School…