Integrating Youth Services
Governmental agencies in Oakland, Calif., are collaborating to serve at-risk children better, with good results.
Government - Articles
Innovative public sector policies and programs (more)
One Villager, One Vote
Direct participation by Indonesian villagers proves that process matters, even when outcomes don't change.
Citizens United and New Rules for Nonprofits
The most important issue for the social sector in the United States in 2011 will be the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
An Uneven Partnership
Will Tuesday’s election change government’s relationship to the nonprofit sector?
Exploring Failure
Failure and its upside—a report from the 2010 PopTech conference.
Straight Talk in Mixed Company
A plea for across-the-aisle conversations about overhead.
Review
Put the People to Work
SERVING COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY: Who Benefits from National Service? by Peter Frumkin & Joann Jastrzab
Transparency for Impact, Not Just Compliance
We must not allow skin-deep, compliance-driven transparency to become an acceptable substitute for values-driven, culturally ingrained efforts.
What Civil Society Needs
Without a healthy civil society it becomes difficult if not impossible to solve other, more readily apparent problems.
Podcast
NewSchools Venture Summit
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Chairman of the House Committee on Education George Miller, address the NewSchools Summit 2010.