Education
Redefining Teacher Development to Great Effect in Honduras
A different approach to developing teachers helps rural students access secondary education, and also has an immediate and positive impact on their communities.
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Can a Surge in Giving Be Bad News?
Recent leaps in giving to specific causes in the United States probably don’t represent a net addition to the annual total—which means a lean season for many nonprofits unless foundations step up their game.
Nonprofit Mergers that Work
A recent study uncovers what drives successful mergers and suggests that more nonprofits should consider mergers as a useful tool to increase impact.
Three Ways Universities Can Dramatically Advance Social Enterprise
A growing number of schools are advancing the pedagogy and practice of social enterprise, and today have much more to offer than they did a generation ago.
Fueling the Momentum of Impact Investing
Three trends that will drive scale and take impact investing to the next level.
When Schooling Doesn’t Mean Learning
In India, a simple, citizen-led assessment is helping citizens gauge children’s learning levels—and challenging a deep-seated belief that going to school means getting an education.
The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good
Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage. We can do better.
Scaling Out
For solutions to get to scale, we need strong entrepreneurs who can build on existing breakthrough ideas, rather than creating entirely new ones.
Are You Delivering Services or Are You Providing Value?
More social innovators need to ask themselves whether the products and services they offer are actually new—and whether they in fact benefit the people they aim to help.
When Impact Investing Is All About the People
Impact investing strategies often focus on returns, but one family foundation’s sights are set on building human capacity, collaboration, and diversity in the field.