Articles Tagged With 'education'
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| Spring 2004 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Leadership • Global Issues • Education • Civil Society |
The Path of Change [Free!]
Jerry Porras and Tom Vander Ark discuss how leadership, vision, and competition will determine the future of education. |
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| Summer 2004 | Social Innovations • Charter Schools • Government • Global Issues • Education | Models of Participation Do charter schools hold the key to responsive government? | |
| Summer 2005 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Global Issues • Education | You Can’t Do That! [Free!] A venture philanthropist's experience with reforming education. | |
| Fall 2005 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Poverty | College-Bound Project GRAD builds community support for educational reform in the inner city. | |
| Fall 2006 | Government • Global Issues • Education | 15 Minutes with Alan Bersin California’s secretary of education tackles the nation’s largest school system. | |
| Spring 2007 | Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Education • Arts | 15 Minutes with Kevin Johnson [Free!] SSIR Academic Editor Jim Phills sat down with former NBA superstar Kevin Johnson to discuss how he's revitalizing his old inner-city neighborhood. | |
| Spring 2008 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations • Government • Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Education | 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. | |
| Spring 2009 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Poverty | What’s Next: Turn on the TV, Class Poor children can watch rich children's better school classes on TV. | |
| Summer 2009 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Poverty • Arts | Art Mimics Art Manchester Bidwell Corporation replicates by adapting general strategies to local cultures. | |
| Fall 2009 | Social Innovations • Charter Schools • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Education | Great Teachers on the Fast Track To save the nation, the United States needs alternative teacher training. | |
| Spring 2010 | Social Innovations • Charter Schools • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Education • Global Issues • Education • First Person | Which Fix? Some school reformers advocate starting over, while others want to keep the same students and site. Both approaches are useful. | |
| Spring 2010 | Social Innovations • Charter Schools • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Education • Global Issues • Education • Research | Charters Rock Exam A recent study shows that the UK's charter (like) schools fare better than standard schools on national exams. | |
| Spring 2010 | Government • Social Policy • Government Programs • Global Issues • Education • Global Issues • Education • Government • Q&A | Joanne Weiss [Free!] Joanne Weiss is in charge of the federal government’s $4.3 billion Race to the Top Fund, a new program that is funding innovations in K-12 education. | |
| Winter 2011 | Global Issues • Education • Poverty • Global Issues • Education • What's Next | Mentoring India’s Youth The Indian higher education system centers on one test. Avanti Fellows seeks to make the system more accessible to talented but underprivileged students. | |
| Summer 2011 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Poverty • Global Issues • Economic Development • Nonprofits • Measuring Social Impact • Reviews | New School Economics [Free!] More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel |