Building University Capacity for Intergenerational Home-Sharing
How universities can help mitigate the financial insecurities and social isolation of graduate students and older adults in their communities.
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New Pathways for Education Reform
The old K-12 education reform coalition is now defunct. Philanthropists, educators, and other stakeholders must create a new reform coalition that reimagines student achievement in terms of opportunity.
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Listening to Black Parents
Black children experience racial discrimination in academic environments that actively deplete their self-worth. By accessing the cultural knowledge of Black parents, Village of Wisdom co-designed a liberatory approach to education.
From Theory to Praxis
The Activist Graduate School teaches people how to become activists in the tech-driven, globalized 21st century.
The Wages of Police Violence
Police violence leads to worse educational outcomes and youth mental health in the immediate vicinity of incidents.
The Two-Way Benefits of Local, Intergenerational Classroom Support
Four ways classroom tutoring support can improve education while increasing the well-being of young and older populations in underserved communities.
Long-Life Learning and the Age-Integration of Higher Education
A look at how colleges and universities can move from age-segregated institutions to age-integrated ones.
The Power of Proximity: Co-Locating Childcare and Eldercare Programs
Intergenerational shared sites that bring childcare and eldercare under the same roof help both generations thrive, and we need to build more of them.
There’s No Formula for Taking Sensitive Trainings Remote
While the pandemic has clarified some best practices for online trainings, centering participants requires a creative approach, a deep understanding of participants’ needs, and thoughtful work to be responsive and flexible.
Strengthen Media Literacy to Win the Fight Against Misinformation
If the world is going to stop deliberate or unintentional misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks, particularly human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy.