Social Issues - Articles

Fun and Games

By David V. Johnson

Inter-nursing home games in France happen regularly across the country thanks in part to financial support from the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy, an arm of the country’s social-security system.

Changemaker U.

By Nimesh Ghimire

Patrick Awuah launched Ashesi University as an institution of higher learning thoroughly shaped by social innovation. While it began by borrowing ideas, methods, and credibility from elsewhere, it has evolved into a uniquely Ghanaian enterprise that is a model for Africa and the world.

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Renewing Public Education’s Purpose

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Stuart Foundation are pleased to co-sponsor this series of diverse essays on the purpose of public education. The authors write from different vantage points, but each takes seriously a core question: In a time of widespread change, what is public education for, and how can it evolve to meet its promise?