Private Schools for the Poor
All across the developing world, poor parents are investing in low-cost private education for their children—and seeing positive results.Articles
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Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools by Steven Brill
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A new approach that builds relevant marketplace, entrepreneurship, and health care skills is needed.
By Mark J. Epstein & Kristi Yuthas | 12 -
A new Facebook app helps incoming freshmen connect—but within the closed community of their college.
By Suzie Boss -
American educators, policymakers, and philanthropists are overselling the role of the highly skilled individual teacher and undervaluing the benefits that come from teacher collaborations.
By Carrie R. Leana | 17 -
KaBOOM! How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play by Darell Hammond
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Transformational leaders capitalize on the creativity that employees have.
By Jessica Ruvinsky -
The National Math and Science Initiative aims to avert the crisis in secondary school education by replicating proven programs.
By Suzie Boss | 1 -
Private foundations that finance education in developing countries need to be more transparent in their mission and impact.
By Jessica Ruvinsky -
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
By Suzie Boss | 3 -
The Indian higher education system centers on one test. Avanti Fellows seeks to make the system more accessible to talented but underprivileged students.
By Suzie Boss
Blog Posts
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A variety of entities are utilizing online learning to launch disruptive innovations in higher education, making education more convenient, accessible, and lower-cost.
By Michael Horn | 1 -
Universities are the missing link in entrepreneurship.
By Cornelia Huellstrunk | 8 -
How, and when, is the right time to focus on food education, not simply food security?
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A social change leader's greatest challenge is disinterest.
By Winson Law -
A portrait of woman facing poverty and injustice in the developing world.
By Annie Plotkin | 4 -
An interview with Ellen Moir, founder and executive director of New Teacher Center (NTC).
By Curtis Chang -
What benefits children today may not affect the children of tomorrow.
By H. Melvin Ming -
Afghan Institute of Learning Founder Sakena Yacoobi helps women and children through teacher training and health education.
By Regina Ridley | 1 -
What if we taught the key mindsets and skill sets that help make successful social entrepreneurs?
By Scott Sherman | 5 -
Apprenticeship opportunities are few and far between in the highly competitive and ever-developing field of social innovation.
By Todd Manwaring
Podcasts
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Teachers play a key role in influencing the future not only of students, but of the country and world as a whole. What contributes to teacher effectiveness?
Featuring a Global Education Conference panel | 1 -
Educators, administrators, academics, business people, and politicians talk about potential solutions, what’s working, and what isn’t.
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Chris Bradford, co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, discusses the role of educational institutions in shaping the future of Africa. Featuring Chris Bradford -
Jaquelin Hume Foundation Executive Director Gisele Huff talks about the foundation's investment strategy, and why innovation and technology initiatives are significant. Featuring Gisele Huff -
Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, identifies key skills of change makers and lays out a plan to teach these skills around the world. Featuring Bill Drayton -
Founder of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity helping students in need, Charles Best talks about how he started the organization and what some of its challenges have been along the way. Featuring Charles Best -
EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya discusses his commitment to helping students in developing countries and how he started the enterprise. Featuring Piyush Mangukiya
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