It requires renegotiating the social contract that underlies education—who holds power, who earns trust, who gets to make ...

Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the ...

An excerpt from Beyond Belief on building the evidence revolution in Washington ...

As of 2023, nearly 20 million people are employed by the government at the state and local level. State and local government employees play a significant role in supporting and uplifting their local ...

Nonprofit leaders often grapple with the question of how big their organization will need to get to have the impact they aspire to. Inevitably, that question is coupled with the question of where the ...

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) continue to grapple with economic stagnation, aging infrastructure, and environmental ...

In these new models, school becomes a place where learning feels alive because it is lived—and success is defined by how ...

In 2011, the original Stanford Social Innovation Review article, “Collective Impact,” found fertile ground in Australia, describing and validating an approach pioneered by a small number of Australian ...

“Community” is so easy to say. The word itself connects us with each other. It describes an experience so common that we never really take time to explain it. It seems so simple, so natural, and so ...

Imagine building a university from the ground up, and doing it specifically with 21st-century students in mind. It would mean no baggage, no legacy systems, and no outdated curricula. It would also ...

For foundations, the path to achieving racial equity starts with a simple choice: Do you use your endowment to maintain the status quo, or do you align your investments with your mission? When I came ...

Most students will spend more time at work than in any other activity after graduation. If we want public education to ...