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Global Issues

Mind the Gap

Some social and educational programs inadvertently widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Summer 2005
 

Nonprofits

Managing Growth

How a Boston educational-services nonprofit is realizing its own potential for growth so that its scholars can realize theirs.

By Kelly Campbell & Rita Louh | Summer 2005
 

Philanthropy

Nifty Success

Teaching inner-city kids business skills to build their confidence and aspirations.

By Leslie Berger | Fall 2004
 

Social Innovations

Models of Participation

Do charter schools hold the key to responsive government?

By Andrew Nelson | Summer 2004
 

Global Issues

Color Blind

Do students learn better from
teachers of their own ethnicity?

By Abe Nachbaur | Summer 2004
 

Nonprofits

Red Bag It

Raising a Reader simplifies its message -- and takes off.

By Muoi Tran | 1 | Spring 2004
 

Nonprofits

The Path of Change

Jerry Porras and Tom Vander Ark
discuss how leadership, vision, and competition
will determine the future of education.

By Jerry Porras & Tom Vander Ark | Spring 2004
 

Nonprofits

Head of the Class

Eastside Prep balances support and structure
in a school for low-income minority students.

By Pehr Luedtke | Winter 2003
 

Nonprofits

Not-So-Starving Artists

Artists for Humanity students are also employees.

By Vinay Jain | Summer 2003
 

Education

The Teachers Parents Want

When parents have more school districts to choose from, schools are forced to hire teachers with more math and science skills who work harder and come from more selective colleges.

By Kari Lyderson | Spring 2003
 

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