Education
Shifting Philanthropic Power
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the United States’ racial and class inequities, Teach for America endeavored to put philanthropic power in younger, more racially diverse hands.
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the United States’ racial and class inequities, Teach for America endeavored to put philanthropic power in younger, more racially diverse hands.
National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural understanding.
Programs like Teach for America can help participants take on the perspectives of those they seek to help.
While old foundations typically support traditional public-school institutions, new foundations are seeking to reshape or bypass them.
What is the right role for private funders in the US education system?
Three lessons for intrapreneurship’s emerging community of practice.
Thanks to the New Teacher Center, beginning educators gain support that will help them thrive in a challenging profession.
Our experience challenges notions that quality scaling requires top-down, centralized approaches.
Nine strategies to deliver impact at a scale that truly meets needs.
The cofounder of and a consultant at The Bridgespan Group elaborate on important strategies for scaling up social impact.