Grassroots Philanthropy in Schools
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.
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Education - Articles
Innovations in educational policies, programs, and practices (more)
How Do You Create a New Normal? A Three-Part Path to Scale
At Social Impact Exchange, a forum dedicated to scaling high-impact social programs, investors wanted to know “How will your idea achieve scale?”
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Social Entrepreneurship in Education
EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya discusses his commitment to helping students in developing countries and how he started the enterprise.
Dr. Madhav Chavan
An interview with Dr. Madhav Chavan, CEO of Pratham, a nonprofit that provides quality education to underprivileged children of India.
Adapting to the “Unreliable Patron”: Sustaining Access Missions with Entrepreneurial Universities
The meaning and function of college in our society has changed.
Letting Go
Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.
It’s Not About the Tea
By and large, the Central Asia Institute's supporters went for a feel-good story, didn’t do their homework, and didn’t ask the right questions with the Three Cups of Tea dust up.
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Developing Through Mobile Phones
Sara Chamberlain, the recipient of the 2010 Microsoft Tech Award, discusses BBC Janala, the project harnessing the power of mobile phones in Bangladesh to spread affordable language learning.
Student Retention: There’s An App for That
In business schools around the country, there’s much ado about social entrepreneurship and a double bottom-line—social good and profits.
Funding for Education—the Perils of “Guidelines du Jour”
The work of charities in almost all circumstances requires focused effort over a substantial period of time.