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Education and Its Public Purposes
How schools can support both individual and collective thriving in our democracy.
Innovations in educational policies, programs, and practices (more)
How schools can support both individual and collective thriving in our democracy.
Choice, agency, and how to design a learning system where private gain and public good reinforce each other.
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.
What the research says about education, jobs, AI, and what students will need to succeed as future workers and citizens.
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?
Scaling proven solutions to the early childhood skills gap requires building a market for parenting interventions.
Children can be taught to identify false health claims online, and the benefits can spread to their parents.
One Kyrgyz entrepreneur had an ambitious vision for transforming his country into a vital, independent nation free from its Soviet past. He reverse-engineered that vision into a stepping-stone strategy that is already having enormous impact in Kyrgyzstan and beyond.
The Spring 2026 cover story examines how to invest in human flourishing in the age of AI. Plus: two important critiques of contemporary philanthropy and a new academic editor.