Transforming Cities into Learning Landscapes
Cities can create outside-the-classroom learning opportunities for low-income children by encouraging communities to reimage everyday locations in their neighborhoods as places for playful learning.
Social Issues - Articles
Rethinking the Global Development Convening
This year marks the last Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. How might future global development convenings build on the meeting’s success to create even greater impact?
Investing in Global Refugee and Migrant Integration
George Soros’s $500 million investment announcement following the first-ever UN summit on migrants and refugees sets an example for how all investors could engage in “migrant lens investing."
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Three Questions With Darren Walker
Ford Foundation president Darren Walker talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about what organizations like his can do to address inequality.
A Neoliberal Takeover of Social Entrepreneurship?
A model of social entrepreneurship focused on market-based solutions and profit is threatening to crowd out more collaborative approaches.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.
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Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
How a Venezuelan model of music education is bringing a sense of inclusion to children in immigrant communities in Denmark—and around the world.
What Every Good Microfinance Business Should Track and Why
Many microfinance impact investors are not monitoring the social components of the financial service providers (FSPs) they finance—but doing so can make a substantial difference to business success.
Rethinking Education in a Changing World
How can we ensure all children across the globe learn the skills they need to be successful in an increasingly interconnected, technologically advanced world?
Hidden Talent: How Smart Companies Are Tapping Into Unemployed Youth
Refining the raw talent of the 5.5 million young Americans out of work and out of school provides compelling opportunities for companies, youth, and society—a rare trifecta—that a growing number of corporate leaders are betting on.