As humanitarian aid agencies buckle under the collapse of financial support, the private sector must step in to invest in refugees and integrate them into the economy. We review three models of success and offer investment strategies. | This article is free to all readers thanks to sponsorship by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
Many social impact leaders feel pressure to engage with AI but are overwhelmed and lack a clear starting point. Four fundamental questions can help frame early conversations, grounding AI strategy in purpose, organizational capacity, and values.
A conversation with two nationally renowned school superintendents about the biggest challenges they face, the relationship between education and democracy, and the tension between innovation and equity.
Impact strategies must reckon with the problem that capital is frequently trapped in highly illiquid investments with no prospect of exit.
Philanthropic, nonprofit, and civil society organizations that face highly restrictive state policies can leverage compliance to pursue their goals as legalized entities, making them harder to suppress.
An excerpt from A Better Way to Fundraise on making major giving the operating system for fundraising
Choice, agency, and how to design a learning system where private gain and public good reinforce each other.
An excerpt from Beyond Belief on building the evidence revolution in Washington
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?
