Three Strategies for Closing the Education-to-Employment Gap
A look at how educators, employers, and others can help millions unemployed and under-employed global youth qualify for and find available jobs.
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Squandering America’s Future
Squandering America’s Future offers an irreverent critique of the way we rear and educate children today, with profiles of change makers—ingenious gymnasts who keep their balance on the three-legged stool of research, practice, and policy.
Building New Networks for Efficient, Affordable Housing
Three lessons on accelerating targeted social change through network building.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Online
Online advising promises to connect low-income, first-generation students to college and career opportunities.
Unsustainable Careers in Sustainable Development
Students passionate about building a better future are increasingly being asked to mortgage their own in return. Why would-be leaders can’t afford to fight poverty—and what to do about it.
Too Many Hurdles, Too Little Help
Four things community organizations, schools, and nonprofits can do to exponentially increase high-school graduation rates.
Starting Over After Starting Up
Lessons from a charter-school organization about what it takes to fix a failing high school.
Teaching Values and Purpose for Social Change
It is time for universities to rethink how they deliver social impact education, prioritizing experiential and purpose-based training over start-up competitions.
Ecosystem Investing: Achieving Impact at Scale
Six lessons from a large-scale, cross-sector initiative to improve education.
Back to School
In Ethiopia, a foundation-led initiative uses accelerated learning techniques to give young people a second chance at an education.