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Education

Sesame Workshop: Empowering Children Through Media

What benefits children today may not affect the children of tomorrow.

By H. Melvin Ming | Nov. 16, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Regina Ridley joined the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2006 as publishing director.

Civil Society

Afghanistan: Update from Sakena Yacoobi

Afghan Institute of Learning Founder Sakena Yacoobi helps women and children through teacher training and health education.

By Regina Ridley | 1 | Nov. 8, 2011
 
SSIR blogger James Vineburgh is director of research and marketing at Converge Consulting. Social Innovation

Fundraising

Higher Education Fundraising Redefined

A national study of alumni explores attitudes, motivations, and behavior associated with giving.

By James Vineburgh | Nov. 1, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Scott Sherman has taught courses on social entrepreneurship at numerous universities, including Yale, Princeton, NYU, and Johns Hopkins.

Education

Teaching the Key Skills of Successful Social Entrepreneurs

What if we taught the key mindsets and skill sets that help make successful social entrepreneurs?

By Scott Sherman | 5 | Oct. 31, 2011
 

Education

Students Partner for World Change

Apprenticeship opportunities are few and far between in the highly competitive and ever-developing field of social innovation.

By Todd Manwaring | Oct. 21, 2011
 

Education

In Defense of Public Education

The discretionary spending bucket is the easiest place for conservatives and liberals to find a palliative for the nation's maxed-out deficit headache.

By Heather Clayton Staker | Aug. 30, 2011
 
Marc Henrich is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Ecodana.

Global Issues

From the Field: Vietnamese Anti-Poverty Model May Work Elsewhere

I set out to see if the organizational models of two successful Vietnamese nonprofits were location-specific.

By Marc Henrich | Aug. 26, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Michael Horn is the executive director of Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank focused on education and innovation, and the author of the award-winning book, Disrupting Class.

Education

“Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning”: A Stimulating, Quality Read

A review of the Fordham Institute's paper "Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches."

By Michael Horn | Aug. 10, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Imran Oomer is an education sector professional currently working in India with Ashoka Fellow, Sunanda Mane, and the social enterprise she founded, Lend-A-Hand India. He is also a full-time student at ESADE Business School in Spain. where he

Education

Making Education Relevant Where You Least Expect It

The IBT education program in India better prepares students for future opportunities than traditional teaching.

By Imran Oomer | 1 | Aug. 9, 2011
 

Social Entrepreneurship

The Rise of Kant, MBA

The Age of Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise is upon us.

By Scott Hartley | Jul. 6, 2011