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Nonprofit Management

The Challenge of Organizational Learning

A recent study found three common barriers to knowledge sharing across nonprofits and their networks, as well as ways and means to overcome them.

By Katie Smith Milway & Amy Saxton | 5 | Summer 2011
 

Education

Charters Rock Exam

A recent study shows that the UK's charter (like) schools fare better than standard schools on national exams.

By Alana Conner | Spring 2010
 
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Education

Which Fix?

Some school reformers advocate starting over, while others want to keep the same students and site. Both approaches are useful.

By Justin Cohen | Spring 2010
 
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Education

Strength Through Flexibility

Over the past 17 years, the Forum for African Women Educationalists has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries.

By Kim Jonker | 1 | Winter 2010
 
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Social Innovations

Great Teachers on the Fast Track

To save the nation, the United States needs alternative teacher training.

By Susan Colby & Tia Martinez | Fall 2009
 
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Social Innovations

Reward Progress, Reduce Poverty

We must break the stereotype that low-income communities are unable to help themselves.

By Maurice Lim Miller | 2 | Summer 2009
 
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Social Innovations

Rediscovering Social Innovation

Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular rallying points for those trying to improve the world. These two notions are positive ones, but neither is adequate when it comes to understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations. The authors make the case that social innovation is a better vehicle for doing this. They also explain why most of today's innovative social solutions cut across the traditional boundaries separating nonprofits, government, and for-profit businesses.

By James A. Phills Jr., Kriss Deiglmeier, & Dale T. Miller | 6 | Fall 2008
 

Social Innovations

Investing in Change

Calvert Community Investment Notes take social investing mainstream.

By Vinay Jain | 1 | Spring 2006
 

Social Innovations

Models of Participation

Do charter schools hold the key to responsive government?

By Andrew Nelson | Summer 2004
 

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