This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the 100&Change deadline for applications had passed, the Bernard van Leer Foundation launched a response to the Syrian crisis with grants to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop. Foundation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Educational technology is so woven into curriculum today, it’s almost impossible to imagine teaching children without it. Would educators pull pencils and erasers from classrooms? Of course not. And nor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Gritty” students have the makings of great citizens, according to new research published in the British Journal of Political Science. In a survey of North Carolina middle and high schoolers, kids…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy to forget that a lot of policy decisions aren’t made by the politicians we see in the press every day. Often the real power to implement new ideas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Common Counsel Foundation, we support, advise and manage donor advised funds and family foundations. It’s clear that an individual funder (and a small-staffed one no less!) won’t solve the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Noisy” data can trip up artificial intelligence tools that calculate credit risk, leading to disadvantages for low-income and minority borrowers, research finds. For aspiring home buyers, getting a mortgage often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It used to take plant pathologist Lance Cadle-Davidson and his team months to assess the severity of fungal infections on grape seedlings they were studying. Now, this exacting process might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Join us Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET for a critical discussion on the urgent need to bolster the social safety net to fight poverty in the US. Food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People across America are using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a road map to recover better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In Los Angeles, that means analyzing better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy increases the risk that the baby will be born too early, a new study shows. The study, published in Environmental Research, finds there may have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “A ‘Code Red’ for Humanity.” That’s how the New York Times chose to title its podcast summary of the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Other outlets were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It can be very challenging to teach children about the importance of giving back. Philanthropy is such an essential part of human culture and history, but it often doesn’t come…