Social Innovation Articles: Education
| Date | Author | Category | Title |
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| Winter 2009 | Education • Social Entrepreneurship |
What’s Next: GreenNote Friends
GreenNote helps students with no credit history obtain college loans. |
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| Fall 2008 | Education • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
They’ve Got Your Back
The Posse Foundation sends diverse students to college together so that they can lean on each other and lead their schools. |
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| Fall 2008 | Education • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
What’s Next: The Giving Museum
Museum teaches about ending world hunger. |
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| Fall 2008 | Education • Government |
Research: Poll Position
The polling place influences voting behavior. |
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| Summer 2008 | Education • Healthcare • Nonprofit Management |
Tackling HIV
Grassroot Soccer uses the world’s most popular sport to educate kids in sub-Saharan Africa about HIV and its prevention. |
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| Summer 2008 | Education • Nonprofit Management |
Books to Grow On
How did Room to Read create more than 5,000 libraries in less than eight years? The media have largely focused on founder John Wood as the catalytic figure in the organization’s success story. Of equal importance, however, is Room to Read’s solid and replicable operational choices. |
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| Summer 2008 | Education • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
Taking Stock of Venture Philanthropy
In the early, heady days of the venture philanthropy movement, its proponents touted it as revolutionary, while critics said it was just old wine in new bottles. The experiences of the Center for Venture Philanthropy show that the truth lies somewhere in between: Venture philanthropy is no miracle cure, yet it can be particularly good at building strong organizations, knitting together new networks, and shrinking the power gap between funders and grantees. |
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| Summer 2008 | Education • Corporate Social Responsibility • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
C-Level Diversity
How to get more racial minorities into corner offices. |
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| Spring 2008 | Education • Nonprofit Management |
15 Minutes with Vicky Colbert
SSIR Managing Editor Eric Nee spoke with Escuela Nueva’s president Vicky Colbert about her efforts to change the way children are educated. |
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| Fall 2007 | Education • Nonprofit Management |
Boots on the School Ground [Free!]
An innovative federal project turns retiring military personnel into teachers. |
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